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Where does the apostrophe go?
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Which is correct?
Season's Greetings
or
Seasons' Greetings
I was just wondering because I've seen both versions in the card shops on various Christmas cards.
Season's Greetings
or
Seasons' Greetings
I was just wondering because I've seen both versions in the card shops on various Christmas cards.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I would have thought the second one was correct as it takes in Thanksgiving, Christmas and also New Year which would be several seasons? and also I always thought that an apostrophe was in place of the word "s" making Season's Greetings - Season is Greeting so again I would have thought the second one?
However in my personal opinion I think the first one looks nicer - Season's Greetings!
When I sign my cards tho I sign them Seasons Greetings with no apostrophe, keep it simple!
However in my personal opinion I think the first one looks nicer - Season's Greetings!
When I sign my cards tho I sign them Seasons Greetings with no apostrophe, keep it simple!
Sorry, but this question, �Which is correct, Season's Greetings or Seasons' Greetings�, is one pedant�s (or many pedants�) dream. So please, don't be running off with the toys just yet . . .
As sophieb so correctly pointed out, this part of the year, encompassing Christmas, (or X-mas if you prefer), New Years�, Winter Solstice and possibly inclusive of Thanksgiving, is collectively one season. Therefore, �Season�s Greetings� is grammatically correct . . . but either way, Ill� no't be' refusin'g any' gift's you' sen'd t'his 'way!
As sophieb so correctly pointed out, this part of the year, encompassing Christmas, (or X-mas if you prefer), New Years�, Winter Solstice and possibly inclusive of Thanksgiving, is collectively one season. Therefore, �Season�s Greetings� is grammatically correct . . . but either way, Ill� no't be' refusin'g any' gift's you' sen'd t'his 'way!
I hate to make things worse but technically both are incorrect as the apostrophe is used to replace a dropped letter as in "didn't" and "that's" where the apostrophe replaces the "o" in "did not" and the "i" in "that is". So personally I think the correct phrase should be
Seasons Greetings
as what is actually being said it
Greeting to you for the season (meaning the season of winter)
But on the other hand mibn2cweus does make a very valid point :�)
Seasons Greetings
as what is actually being said it
Greeting to you for the season (meaning the season of winter)
But on the other hand mibn2cweus does make a very valid point :�)
Although 's can be easily confused with 's in words like that's (that is), in the possessive phrase 'season's greetings' it is a relic of the days when English had a case system (as many other languages still do), and is a genitive or possessive inflection (originally es and the apostrophe shows the absence of the e). It operates precisely as in sophieb's answer (which is the least confusing answer here!) above. There's a good article here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genitive_case
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genitive_case