Quick grammar question - which is correct?

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Also would it be a capital H? Technically no...?


1. COMPANY NAME wishes you Happy Holidays
2. COMPANY NAME wish you Happy Holidays
3. COMPANY NAME, wishing you Happy Holidays

I think its number 2 due to the S at the end of Holidays.
 
I would say it depends if the company name is plural or not.
Overclocker wishes you Happy Holidays
Overclockers wish you Happy Holidays
 
Without googling to check(!) I seem to recall that in the UK a company is usually considered to be plural, whereas in the USA the entity would be considered single.
 
I think 2 is probably wrong because you wish something singular [EDIT: Actually I dunno] , and as you say "holidays" is plural. You might say that you wish a happy holiday (singular).
I think 1 and 3 are both acceptable but sound American.
I would probably write it like:

4. COMPANY NAME wish you a happy holiday!
 
uber soldat said:
This, happy holidays is only a thing for left wing bleeding heart liberals terrified of offending non-Christians, when in reality it offends nobody.
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You do realise that there is more than one religious holiday that happens around the end of the year? And in many countries, a new year alone is a big celebration.
 
SideWinder said:
Also would it be a capital H? Technically no...?


1. COMPANY NAME wishes you Happy Holidays
2. COMPANY NAME wish you Happy Holidays
3. COMPANY NAME, wishing you Happy Holidays

I think its number 2 due to the S at the end of Holidays.
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Just put happy woke day!



Lysander said:
You do realise that there is more than one religious holiday that happens around the end of the year? And in many countries, a new year alone is a big celebration.
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You're having a laugh.
The other religions having a bash in December are catholic\Christian\Zoroastrian\Pagan\Buddhist.

None of those are woke.
 
deuse said:
You're having a laugh.
The other religions having a bash in December are catholic\Christian\Zoroastrian\Pagan\Buddhist.

None of those are woke.
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I think you misquoted me? The forum does it sometimes.

@Brazo I take your point, but I still think "happy holidays" is an easier and less costly catch-all for a firm. But OK :)
 
Lysander said:
I think you misquoted me? The forum does it sometimes.

@Brazo I take your point, but I still think "happy holidays" is an easier and less costly catch-all for a firm. But OK :)
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I got it right.

uber soldat said: ↑
This, happy holidays is only a thing for left wing bleeding heart liberals terrified of offending non-Christians, when in reality it offends nobody.
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You do realise that there is more than one religious holiday that happens around the end of the year? And in many countries, a new year alone is a big celebration.
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I pointed out the obvious. No woke religions are having a party in December.
 
deuse said:
I got it right.

I pointed out the obvious. No woke religions are having a party in December.
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I think we must have our wires crossed, I don't understand at all. Furthermore I am not interested in discussing it, so have a nice day :)
 
Nothing quite says "We don't care about you, so here is a shallow message to make you think we do" then "Happy Holidays"..

Bah Humbug..

edit - I didn't even twig it could be some even more watered down woke tripe, but there you go..

"We are so insincere we'll use some generic term that will appease 0.0001% of the population whilst undermining the message to 99.9999% of people just because we want to be seen to be 'on message'"..

It's so full of win isn't it..
 
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