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What I've been avoiding saying is probably obvious. It's the official name of this dignified day. As a wordie, I'm intrigued by rogue punctuation, and the crazy apostrophe is buzzing around our Bosses about now.
Why are there so many different names and different ways to punctuate it? Is there really one correct way? Does anyone care anymore? Will anyone notice? Maybe, maybe not, but I thought I'd look it up if only to refresh my memory. The information I'll give here is as good and valid as the sites that I visited in the time available. I'm certainly not perfect when it comes to punctuation.
Okay, hold on tight to your steno pads....
Okay, hold on tight to your steno pads....
If it's just one boss, it's trickier because I found US college and university English sites saying that either Boss' Day or Boss's Day is ultimately acceptable. The vast majority of them in this case do prefer one over the other.
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If we're talking about the national holiday and including all of those magnificent managers out there, you could do it differently still. How many of us are answering to more than one boss anyway? :-)
Happy Bosses' Day!
The prize goes to Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon. Their English Department's Online Grammar website just happened to have exactly the information and example we wanted:
"(one) boss's bad mood
(more than one) bosses' bad moods"
"(one) boss's bad mood
(more than one) bosses' bad moods"
....What an interesting way to put it.
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LOVE this post! I'm a wordie myself and the explanation above is great! (Personal pet peeve...misuse of "then" and "than". Arrgh!~)
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