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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

two questions of a general kind

1. When someoone sneezes, do we say "Bless you" or "Breath you"? I think the second one doesn't quite right grammatically and seems the first one is right? I think you say to the person so he may be blessed and get to breath better afterward? Does that cover when a person has a cold and blow it down with a lot of goos (sorry for sounding too gross)?

2. My friend asked me what this expression mean? It doesn't sound like something nice though.

It's your round.
  

Top answer

1. ). It's just a polite thing to say, most people do it by reflex without even thinking about it.

— Nona the brit

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  • It's just a polite thing to say, most people do it by reflex without even thinking about it.
  • It is supposed to come from when a sneeze could be the first sign of a terrible disease that might kill you, so people 'bless' you.
  • You only use it when people sneeze, not when they blow their nose.
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1. You should say 'Bless you' (definitely not breath you, where did you get that from?). It's just a polite thing to say, most people do it by reflex without even thinking about it. It is supposed to come from when a sneeze could be the first sign of a terrible disease that might kill you, so people 'bless' you. You only use it when people sneeze, not when they blow their nose.

2. It's yo
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