Veterans...no apostrophe...here's why I would do it this way... - flybye Posted: Nov 4th, 2009 - 6:23 pm In Reply to:
It's a question of ownership not receivership; who owns the mail? The Veterans (Affairs Department)
Your sentence, "The VA still sends me Veterans mail, but I ain't no veteran."
VA=Veterans Affairs
If you replace VA with Veterans Affairs the sentence would read, "The Veterans Affairs send me Veterans mail, but I ain't no veteran."
Since the mail belongs to the Veterans (Affairs) you do not use an apostrophe because it is a department title.
He is neither receiving other veterans' mail nor is he receiving veteran's mail since he himself is not a veteran.
Therefore, my choice would be "Veterans mail" as in mail sent from the Veterans Affairs Department....
Great question! =)
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