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Rex Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Luck

01. I wish you good luck.02br
002. I wish you a good luck.02br
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00I know the word 'luck' is not countable. So the second sentence is incorrect. What do you think?0-
  

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0Hi02br 02br 00IMO, You have answered your question already0-

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0Hi02br
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00IMO, You have answered your question already0-
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0 NO! You should never use an article with "Luck"0-
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0 OK02br
00We say I wish you a Merry Christmas.02br
00I don't think Christmas is countable. 02br
00Is Christmas countable?0-
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0 Christmas is countable, since there is one every year. Because of this you have to say "a merry christmas", otherwise it would sound like you were trying to say "I wish you merry christmasses" and forgetting to pluralize christmas.0-
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01cite10Michigander12cite10Christmas is countable, since there is one every year. Because of this you have to say "a merry christmas", otherwise it would sound like you were trying to say "I wish you merry christmasses" and forgetting to pluralize christmas.12br
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10TMM it is correct to say 01i
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0Hi Cool Breeze 02br
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01i00I wish you merry Christmas.02i00 (Do we have to capitalise 'merry'?) 0-
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite11i10I wish you merry Christmas.12i10 (Do we have to capitalise 'merry'?) 12br
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10Hi Yoong Liat02br
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00Not necessarily. The names of religious and other celebrations and festivals are capitalized but 01i00merry02i
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0 Thanks for your explanation. 0-
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