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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

With or without the

Is 'the' optional or mandatory?

Merry christmas to all 'the' Christians.
Merry christmas to all Christians.
  

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Leave it out if you mean Christians everywhere. Put it in if you mean Christians who reside in a particular place or who lived at a certain time. eg.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Leave it out if you mean Christians everywhere.
  • Put it in if you mean Christians who reside in a particular place or who lived at a certain time.
  • eg.
  • I want to wish "Seasons Greetings" to all the residents of New York, so I say "Happy Hanukkah" to all the Jews, "Merry Christmas" to all the Christians, "Happy Kwanzaa" to the African-Americans, and "Happy Holidays" to everyone.
  • Also, Christmas is capitalized.
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Leave it out if you mean Christians everywhere.
Put it in if you mean Christians who reside in a particular place or who lived at a certain time.

eg.
I want to wish "Seasons Greetings" to all the residents of New York, so I say "Happy Hanukkah" to all the Jews, "Merry Christmas" to all the Christians, "Happy Kwanzaa" to the African-Americans, and "Happy Holidays" to everyone.
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AlpheccaStarsLeave it out if you mean Christians everywhere.Put it in if you mean Christians who reside in a particular place or who lived at a certain time. eg.I want to wish "Seasons Greetings" to all the residents of New York, so I say "Happy Hanukkah" to all the Jews, "Merry Christmas" to all the Christians, "Happy Kwanzaa" to the African-Americans, and "Happy Holiday
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AnonymousMerry Christmas to all the christians in/of New York. Is that correct?
If you capitalize "Christians," either sentence would be correct.
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