• Choice Words

    Seasonal Pluralization & Other Errors

    ‘Tis the season for bookish gifts, literary awards, and pluralization troubles. Greeting cards and holiday imagery are usually littered with seasonal sentiments and last name conundrums – so today we will get to the bottom of common mistakes made with plural (and non-plural) titles as well as other errors. When used in a sentence, the “merry” before Christmas is usually incorrectly capitalized: We wish you a Merry Christmas! We wish you a merry Christmas! The same goes for New Year’s Day and Eve: Have a safe and Happy New Year! Have a safe and happy New Year! Of course, the argument can be made for capitalizing all the words on a…