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- expressions - Why do some people say Happy New Years with an s at . . .
To my ear also "Happy New Year's" sounds American I would never say it nor would my friends or social group (British English speakers0 Happy New Year only Possibly because the focus is on the year not the day (to a British mind) –
- Wish you happy new year or (a) happy new year [duplicate]
The phrase "We wish you a merry Christmas, and a happy New Year" occurs as a song lyric that is very familiar in America (and perhaps England as well?) However, the "we wish you a" is dropped completely when giving an oral well-wishing Generally, one simply exclaims: Merry Christmas! and Happy New Year!
- Why we say Happy New Year without an article a, but we say I wish . . .
When I say "Happy New Year", it isn't a complete sentence, grammatical rules do not exactly apply to it It is just a phrase that we use to wish each other If you want to use the complete wish, you can use "May you have a happy new year" or "I wish you a happy new year"
- Saying Happy new year and hope all is well [closed]
It's very much elided, with "hope all is well", but then "happy new year" is very much elided from "I wish you a happy new year" This degree of elision is normal and common with seasonal greetings and other such salutations
- grammaticality - Grammar of A happy New Year 2019 - English Language . . .
As 2019 approaches, I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! On whether merry and happy should be capitalized, see e g here (conclusion: probably both capitalized and non-capitalized versions are OK, as long as both merry and happy are treated equaly) Examples of usage of happy New Year 20xx Here are examples of such usage (e g
- How to wish someone Happy New Year in a professional, formal and . . .
And finally, Wish you and your family a very Happy New Year Looking forward to working with you next year Regards, or Dear X, Wish you and your family a very Happy New Year Regarding the project matter for discussion bla bla Regards, Either of these should be fine
- How should Merry Christmas and Happy New Year be capitalized?
Happy New Year! is a sentence by itself, and thus Happy should be capitalized It would not be necessary to capitalize "birthday" if you were saying "Happy birthday" instead of "Happy New Year" I wish you a merry Christmas and happy New Year is how I'd capitalize the words if they weren't being used on their own, but rather in a longer sentence
- capitalization - Should it be Happy Birthday! or Happy birthday . . .
In a sentence, "happy" and "birthday" are capitalized according to the normal rules of capitalization: Capitalize the first word of the sentence and any proper nouns I hope you have a happy birthday
- Why is it “Merry” Christmas, but “Happy” New Year?
That would square well with the Merry Christmas and Happy New Year usage The definitions of merry I found here and here , and for happy here and here It might also be worth noting that merry is used in phrases like play merry hell , play Merry Andrew and the alternative meaning of merry (meaning 4) meaning somewhat inebriated, which are all
- How many articles should go in Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!?
I'd generally write "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!", or maybe possibly "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year " Of course, in these politically-correct times, the correct greeting is "Happy Unspecified Holiday to you, unless the very idea of holidays offends you, in which case please pretend I said nothing and walked past you in silence"
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