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A couple quick tips for Valentine's Day (it's coming up soon, men!):
- When you use "valentine" - as in "she's my valentine" or "I gave a valentine to my teacher" - it's lowercase.
- It's Valentine's Day or St. Valentine's Day, but not Valentines or Saint Valentine's.
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Tax day is right around the corner, and you'll soon feel the urge to write "Tax day cometh" or some variation - try to refrain from using this cliche.
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Some tax-term tips:
- Lowercase "tax day."
- The deadline for federal returns this year is April 17. Check with your state on their deadline.
- If you use "Washington, D.C.," make sure you put commas around "D.C."
- AP says to spell out "Internal Revenue Service" on first reference. "IRS" is acceptable thereafter.
- Most tax terms are not capitalized, so be on the lookout for stray capping.
- "Social Security" is capitalized, however. If you write "Social Security number," "number" is lowercase.
- The correct style on "401(k)" is just so - no space after the "1," and a lowercase "k" in parentheses.
- AP's Ask the Editor recently ruled that "taxman" should be one word, not two.
