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Englophone Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Wishing "A" Happy Holidays OR Wishing Happy Holidays

Hello,

If I wanted to write the following, which is grammatically correct?

Sarah wishes everyone a happy holidays!

Sarah wishes everyone happy holidays!

(and if you have an explanation as to why, that would be appreciated!
Thank you!!!
  

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Welcome to English Forums! a and an only go with singular nouns. You can't have *a holiday s , *a cat s , *a good guy s , *an interesting book s .

— CalifJim

  • Welcome to English Forums!
  • a and an only go with singular nouns.
  • You can't have *a holiday s , *a cat s , *a good guy s , *an interesting book s .
  • You need the second: Sarah wishes everyone happy holidays!
  • ___ On the other hand, if you think of "Happy Holidays" (in quotes as shown) as a traditional greeting, and Sarah is wishing everyone "one of these greetings", you can have Sarah wishes everyone a "Happy Holidays" greeting!
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Welcome to English Forums!

a and an only go with singular nouns. You can't have *a holidays, *a cats, *a good guys, *an interesting books.

You need the second:

Sarah wishes everyone happy holidays!
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On the other hand, if you think of "Happy Holidays" (in quotes as shown) as a traditional greeting, and Sar
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Hi,
You could also say
Sarah wishes everyone a happy holiday.

Best wishes, Clive

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Wishing you joyful holidays and a happy new year

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Hi.

Consider these facts.

Christmas is a holiday.

Happy Holidays" is a phrase we commonly say to people during the Christmas period.

With careful grammar, the following sentences are correct.

Sarah wishes everyone a happy holiday!
Sarah wishes everyone "Happy Holidays!"

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