How should "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year" be …
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 …
Why is it “Merry” Christmas, but “Happy” New Year?
26 Happy Christmas just sounds wrong to my American ear. (I do get that it is customary in England.) Merry New Year, equally so. Of the two, Christmas is the younger holiday and yet its …
Wish you happy new year or (a) happy new year [duplicate]
Dec 26, 2014 · In these days, we intensively use the statement Wish you happy New Year and Wish you Merry Christmas, Well, I have noticed, even here, that some use (a) before happy …
word usage - Why we say Happy New Year without an article "a", …
Jan 8, 2016 · Why we say Happy New Year without an article "a", but we say "I wish you a Happy New Year" using the article? [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 9 years, 10 months ago Modified …
expressions - Why do some people say "Happy New Years" with …
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 …
How to wish someone "Happy New Year" in a professional, formal …
How to wish someone "Happy New Year" in a professional, formal and friendly way [closed] Ask Question Asked 14 years, 10 months ago Modified 13 years, 10 months ago
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 …
grammaticality - Grammar of "A happy New Year 2019" - English …
Nov 26, 2018 · Consider this sentence: "I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2019." Is this correct gramatically? The "2019" feels a bit tacked on to me, but I need to …
Alternative to "Merry Christmas" [closed] - English Language
The common greeting for the new year is I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Since Christmas has religious roots, it may not be suitable for people who are not religious. …
capitalization - Should it be "Happy Birthday!" or "Happy birthday ...
I've always simply written it "Happy birthday!" but my wife recently said that "Birthday" should be capitalized as well. What's grammatically correct?