Valentine's Day, or St Valentine's Day, is celebrated every year on February 14th.

It's
the day when people show their affection for another person (or people!) by sending
anonymous cards, flowers or chocolates with messages of love. And traditionally on
Valentine's Day in a leap year women can propose marriage to their lovers!
The day gets its name from a famous saint, but there are several stories of who he
was. The most popular belief about St Valentine is that he was a priest from Rome in
the third century AD. Emperor Claudius II had banned marriage because he thought
married men were bad soldiers. Valentine thought this was unfair, so he broke the
rules and arranged marriages in secret.
When Claudius found out, Valentine was sentenced to death and thrown in jail. There,
he fell in love with the jailor's blind daughter. His love and belief in God cured her
blindness, and when he was taken to be killed on February 14th he sent her a love
letter signed "Be mine, Valentine".

1) Choose the correct definition about the words from the text.
a) Leap Year
( ) Every year
( ) Every two years
( ) Every four years
b) AD
( ) After Death, related to the death of Christ
( ) Anno Domini, which means “in the year of our Lord”
( ) Anno Decessus, which means “in the year of the death”
c) Found Out
( ) Discovered
( ) Expected
( ) Repaired

2) Possessive adjectives are used to show possession or ownership of something. While

we use them when we refer to people, it is more in the sense of relationship than
ownership. Possessive pronouns are used in English to avoid repeating information
that is already clear. In general it makes the sentence less confusing because the same
information is not being repeated.
 Subject Possessive Adjectives Possessive Pronouns
I My Mine
You Your Yours
He His His
She Her Hers
It Its Its
We Our Ours
You Your Yours
They Their Theirs

Nowadays, is pretty common find some Cards for Valentine’s Day written “Be mine
valentine”, as a request of a romantic relationship or an announcement of one’s love.
According to the grammar, this sentence is incorrect though. Because the sense of
relationship must be represented with Possessive Adjectives instead of Possessive
Pronouns. Using your knowledge, the history and the grammar explain why is accepted
the incorrect use of grammar on the Valentine’s Cards.
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