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Question for Captain Grammar.....

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Is it

Happy New Year

or

Happy New Years


I say "Happy New Year"...after all we are celebrating just one year at a time. But I often see others write "Happy New Years."

Either way...have a great one everyone!
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Post by metalchurch »

I say it like you do, and I think that the singular version is the correct.
Happy New Years would be plural meaning more than one New Year.
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Post by felix'apprentice »

i was thinking .. with all the political crap now a days, prob not allowed to say happy new year either lol.

we have to say crappy new year cause not everyone is happy ... :roll:

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It is a new year, but it's a new year's day. People just don't say the "day".

Others still, are complete hicks, and ignorance prevails.

"hope yinz's new years is a good'n"
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Post by bassist_25 »

DirtySanchez wrote:.

"hope yinz's new years is a good'n"
LMAO :lol:
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DirtySanchez wrote: Others still, are complete hicks, and ignorance prevails.
"hope yinz's new years is a good'n"
why you have to disrespect me? :lol:
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Post by lonewolf »

It depends on the usage:

Happy New Year

or (this is where the "s" comes in)

Happy New Year's Day
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Post by Feelgood »

I doubt you will receive a proper response without fixing the thread title to read "Captain Grammar".
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Re: Question for Captain Grammer.....

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Lisa wrote:Is it

Happy New Year

or

Happy New Years


I say "Happy New Year"...after all we are celebrating just one year at a time. But I often see others write "Happy New Years."

Either way...have a great one everyone!
Do you have a hard time deciding between Christmas and Xmas? :D
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Post by Eldorado »

I never did in the past until my mother in-law informed me that when you write Xmas, you're taking Christ out of the holiday.

I will officially be writing Merry Xmas on all of her holiday cards indefinitely just to mess with her head.
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Post by Lisa »

Actually, Xmas is very much about Christ.

X-Mas was a shorter version of Christmas, first used in Europe around the 1500s. In Greek, Christ's name started with an X, Xristos. Thus, it is literally, "Christ-mas", or "Christ's Mass"

Depends on if I'm typing or handwriting a note. If I'm typing, I don't mind typing out the word, "Christmas" because I can type rather fast and accurate. If I'm writing with a pencil/pen and a piece of paper, I will cheat and write "Xmas" because I'm a lazy writer.

So it's not really a debate for me because it just happens.

Fixed the spelling on Grammar....oops. My bad.

Hope everyone had a great New Year's Eve celebration. Looking forward to the big game on the big screen today! Happy New Year everyone!
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That sounds plausible. My dad told me Xmas was used to confuse little kids, who for some reason, can pick out words like Christmas, Santa, and Present long before they can read anything else. :D --->JMS
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I always thought X was an abbreviation for criss and + was for cross. And I don't know why.
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Lisa wrote:Actually, Xmas is very much about Christ.

X-Mas was a shorter version of Christmas, first used in Europe around the 1500s. In Greek, Christ's name started with an X, Xristos. Thus, it is literally, "Christ-mas", or "Christ's Mass"!
Close Lisa.....

Well maybe as much as 1500 years off depending on the source but your info's correct...

It did became more common when Gutenburg invented the printing press in the 1400's but X was always an accepted short form of Christ...

Remember the "XXRI" above Christ on the Crucifix?

Also the Greek acronym for Christ is the same as their word for fish which is why all those bible thumpers have fish on their car trunks!! hehe...
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witchhunt wrote:I always thought X was an abbreviation for criss and + was for cross. And I don't know why.
You mean X+ like the short young rappers who wore their clothes backwards? hehe...
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PanzerFaust wrote:Also the Greek acronym for Christ is the same as their word for fish which is why all those bible thumpers have fish on their car trunks!! hehe...
I always wondered what was up with those damn fish stickers. Now I know. And knowing is half the battle.
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Post by Capt. Grammar »

I am completely humbled and proud that Rockpage has been able to think about its own grammatical correctness. I originally came here to spread the excellence of the English language. Now I see that people are taking an active role in parsing their own grammar. It has been a tough battle, especially with difficult posters such as No Surrender and Gangsta of Ebonics, but I truly feel that it has been worth it.

When saying the greeting without "day" in the sentence, one would state, "Happy New Year."

When adding "day" to the sentence, there is a possessive apostrophe: "Happy New Year's Day." The noun "Day" is posessed by the noun "Year's."

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