Presidents' Day or Presidents Day? New Year's Eve or New Years Eve? No matter how hard I try to commit certain apostrophe rules to memory, I find myself re-Googling every year just to make sure I'm putting a holiday's apostrophe in the right place.
With a slew of winter holidays having just passed or coming up, it seemed like a good time to put together a little cheat sheet of major dates with frequently misused apostrophes.
- New Year's Eve/New Year's Day
- Groundhog Day
- Valentine's Day
- Presidents' Day
- Daylight Saving Time starts
- St. Patrick's Day (aka St. Paddy's Day, not St. Patty's day. Here's why.)
- April Fools' Day and April Fool's Day are both considered acceptable.
- Mother's Day
- Father's Day
- Veterans Day (Though it's technically correct with or without an apostrophe, according to Grammar Girl)
(Note: It's "Happy Holidays," not "Happy Holiday's"!) Any other grammatically confusing holidays you can think of? Let us know!
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