Gramer girl here, I'm Minion Fugherty and you can think of me as your friendly guide to

the English language.

We talk about writing, history, rules, and cool stuff.

Today we'll talk about how to write about Veterans Day and about the word crony.

In the United States, we're celebrating Veterans Day next week.

It's a holiday commemorating the end of World War I in 1918, but the name of the holiday

brings up a common question.

Do we need an apostrophe in the word Veterans?

The short answer is no, because the US government gave the holiday its official name, and they chose

to write it without the apostrophe.

But today we'll explore why it's grammatically correct, with or without an apostrophe.

Since many people are confused, you've probably seen Veterans Day written three different

ways.

The right way is Veterans Day with no apostrophe.

But another potentially right way is Veterans Day with an apostrophe after the S on Veterans.

And the wrong way is Veterans Day written Veterans with an apostrophe S at the end.

Let's address the wrong way first.

If you put the apostrophe before the final S in Veterans, you're making the singular word

Veteran possessive.

You're saying it is the day of a single Veteran or a day to celebrate a single Veteran, and

that's clearly wrong.

It's a day for all Veterans.

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