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- word choice - Congratulate for vs. congratulate on - English . . .
When you congratulate someone for something you praise them for an achievement, e g "I'd like to congratulate the staff for their good job" According to Google NGram Viewer congratulate on is a lot more frequent than congratulate for, but the latter is used nevertheless To answer your question, both sound natural to me
- Is it correct to use congratulate for someones birthday?
Birthday Congratulations @Levi I would say that we can congratulate Sb on their birthday, but we don't actually say "congratulations"
- word choice - Congratulation vs. congratulations - English Language . . .
Congratulations is simply the plural form of congratulation See these examples from the Merriam-Webster dictionary: Let me offer you my congratulations for being elected Please send her my congratulations I sent her a letter of congratulations The plural form illustrated by the examples above is much more used than the singular form: 2523 matches for congratulations vs 56 matches for
- Difference in meaning of congratulation and congratulations
From NOAD: congratulation |kənˌgra ch əˈlā sh ən; -ˌgrajə-| noun an expression of praise for an achievement or good wishes on a special occasion; the act of congratulating : he began pumping the hand of his son in congratulation • ( congratulations) words expressing congratulation : our congratulations to the winners | [as exclam ] congratulations on a job well done! You make the call
- word usage - Congratulate to - How correct is this? - English . . .
"We congratulate you to this most important result " - I came across this usage in a speech of fair importance, hosted on a distinguished portal This speech may not have been delivered in English,
- Is there a word for Congratulating oneself or others, for behaving the . . .
When I was young, a workmate convinced me that there was indeed a word which described the behaviour of someone who would congratulate themselves for behaving the way a person normally ought to, an
- articles - “I would like to express a big congratulations. . . ” Why ‘a . . .
At school I was taught that before the plural form we don't use the articles a and an So why do people use a before big congratulations? Examples: A Big Congratulations to Dr Wei Cheng on His La
- phrase requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Imagine someone important congratulated you at work (getting a big client, swiftly solving a burning issue) by email How can one reply to that in the most formal way possible? Thank you for your
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