A Holiday Quiz 1

[CajunCenturion]

Which of the following are correct (and why)?

A. Seasons Greetings
B. Season's Greetings
C. Seasons' Greetings

 

[ESquared]

I don't like the Grammar Lady excerpt that CajunCenturion posted, because in it she says

“do’s” and “don’ts.”

But the plural of do surely is not do's. Otherwise it would have to be

"do's" and "don't's"

but in my opinion it's best to simply say

dos and don'ts.

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[sleipnir214]

but in my opinion it's best to simply say

dos and don'ts.

Well, silly, if you're saying it, don't worry about how it's spelled.


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TANSTAAFL!!

 

[ESquared]

Bah! What if I'm dictating, letter by letter, to someone else who is typing it for me? So I stand by what I said. Er, typed. Whatever.

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It is better to have honor than a good reputation.
(Reputation is what other people think about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.)

 

[rosieb]

Comprehensibility, "do's " somehow reads easier than "dos".

Rosie
"Never express yourself more clearly than you think" (Niels Bohr)

 

[Mr3Putt]

Just to continue poking this bear with a stick...

There is no, repeat, no grammatical reasoning involved in the choice between "Season's" and "Seasons'". Both options are perfectly grammatically correct.

Asking "grammar experts" to solve this issue is pointless. Graduates of every fifth grade term should be able to decipher the inference of this fluttering apostrophe. Is it one, or is it many?

This is an issue of intent, and Thadeus, if you intend to wish the MacMurtry-Surfensteins happiness in any and all seasons they wish to enjoy, then by all means wish them "Seasons' Greetings".

I don't want Thadeus and his lot going wild, celebrating seasons willy-nilly, driving their pagan motorbikes on my lawn, so I greet them for one season at a time. At least I allow a choice of which season to accept my greeting for.

Why the deuce does anyone give a flying rat's butt whether I greet them seasonally anyway? I'm not clear exactly what a "season's greeting" would entail anyway... Welcome to Summer, fine friend! Hale fellow, shall we away into the Spring? Enter into Autumn with me, that we may enjoy the harvest bounty!

I'm not sending cards this year.

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[CajunCenturion]

About the do's and don'ts
Oxford in the fouth paragraph talks about the plural of do.

In the end, either dos or do's is ok.

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[ESquared]

Thank you CajunCenturion. I actually knew that do's is considered okay. But the same people who consider it often think that 80's and CD's are okay, too. I suppose that I have simply chosen that my plurals don't use apostrophes, and I try to be consistent!

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It is better to have honor than a good reputation.
(Reputation is what other people think about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.)