Holiday

"Veterans Day" Versus "Veterans' Day"

Tomorrow, November 11, is Veterans Day in the United States.

Although the government officially calls it Veterans Day, it is sometimes written as Veterans' Day, which is also a grammatically acceptable choice, or (the horror!) Veteran's Day. What's the difference?

Veterans Day -- Veterans is acting like an adjective, telling you what kind of day it is, just as tree in tree farm tells you what kind of farm it is.

Veterans' Day -- Veterans' is possessive, telling you it is the day of celebration for veterans.

Veteran's Day -- Veteran's is possessive, telling you it is the day of celebration for one veteran, which is clearly not accurate.

Veterans Day is capitalized because the names of all holidays are capitalized.

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