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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

"Have a great day?"

An English professor told me that wishing someone to "have a great day" is grammatically incorrect and that it should be "have a nice day." Can someone explain this to me? I'm sorry. It's a head-scratcher for me.
  

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Hi, "Have a great day" is fine. Perhaps you misunderstood him. Was he a native speaker of English?

— Clive

  • Hi, "Have a great day" is fine.
  • Perhaps you misunderstood him.
  • Was he a native speaker of English?
  • Clive
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Hi,

"Have a great day" is fine.

Perhaps you misunderstood him.
Was he a native speaker of English?

Clive
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Both are correct and acceptable. Are you sure he was an English professor?
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AnonymousAn English professor told me that wishing someone to "have a great day" is grammatically incorrect
What a strange thing to say!
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Why did you people ask "Was he a native English speaker"? Why not "Is he a native English speaker?"? That fact hasn't changed. He hasn't become a native English speaker over the night.
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Good question Emotion: big smile that man is not dead, i suppose
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We often back shift to the time the incident took place.

I bumped into a girl in the hall yesterday. She was tall, and... hmm. She had really bright red hair. Any idea who it was?
This does suggest she is a short brunette today.
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Hi,

Past tense is quite commonly used in such a context. It just shows the speaker is focused on the circumstances of the past event.

Clive
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Thanks for all the responses, everyone. Emotion: smileI work at a call center, and said conversation took place during one of my calls.When I move
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Hi,

I had a great day yesterday! Emotion: smile

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