All the best for New Years.

[nq:1]Christmas, Easter, Queens Birthday, Thanksgiving - all correctly singular. So why do I so Often hear 'New Years'. Many times ... add the 's' have never heard of a possessive, or a plural, so all I get is a blank stare.[/nq]
It may be a short version of New Year's day.
S&

[nq:1]Christmas, Easter, Queens Birthday, Thanksgiving - all correctly singular. So why do I so Often hear 'New Years'. Many times ... add the 's' have never heard of a possessive, or a plural, so all I get is a blank stare.[/nq]
New Year's (Eve).

Ross Howard

[nq:2]Christmas, Easter, Queens Birthday, Thanksgiving - all correctlysingular. So why ... a plural, so all I get is a blank stare.[/nq]
[nq:1]It may be a short version of New Year's day. S&[/nq]
So what would 'I was away for a few days over New Years mean'? It is often heard.

[nq:1]singular. or never[/nq]
[nq:2]It may be a short version of New Year's day. S&[/nq]
[nq:1]So what would 'I was away for a few days over New Years mean'? It is often heard.[/nq]
My guess is that it derives from something like "the New Year's holiday break" New Year's Day is a legal holiday and New Year's Eve is considered to be a sort of holiday (in the same way that Christmas Eve

[nq:1]singular. or never[/nq]
[nq:2]It may be a short version of New Year's day. S&[/nq]
[nq:1]So what would 'I was away for a few days over New Years mean'? It is often heard.[/nq]
It means the period in which the holiday falls, including the date itself. "Over" is the key to the phrase.
Are you a native speaker of English?

Bob Lieblich
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To Bob
Yes I am a native speaker of English. I say that I am going away for New Year, or over New Year, just as I would say Easter and not Easters. So is New Years possessive, (New Year's) or plural??

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[nq:1]often[/nq]
[nq:2]It means the period in which the holiday falls, including ... to the phrase. Are you a native speaker of English?[/nq]
[nq:1]To Bob Yes I am a native speaker of English. I say that I am going away for New Year, or over New Year, just as I would say Easter and not Easters. So is New Years possessive, (New Year's) or plural??[/nq]
No offe

[nq:1]Christmas, Easter, Queens Birthday, Thanksgiving - all correctly singular. So why do I so Often hear 'New Years'. Many times ... add the 's' have never heard of a possessive, or a plural, so all I get is a blank stare.[/nq]
Perhaps they mean "New Year's Day".

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa

[nq:1]Christmas, Easter, Queens Birthday, Thanksgiving - all correctly singular.[/nq]
"Queens" isn't singular. Do you know several queens that all share one singular birthday, then?
[nq:1]So why do I so Often hear 'New Years'.[/nq]
I've No idea?
Stewart.

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[nq:2]So what would 'I was away for a few days over New Years mean'? It is often heard.[/nq]
[nq:1]It means the period in which the holiday falls, including the date itself. "Over" is the key to the phrase. Are you a native speaker of English?[/nq]
I know we have learnt in this newsgroup that "New Years" is American, but it doesn't explain the lack of an apostrophe.

Rob Bannister