congratulations" are the expression of that, for instance to a newly married couple. The word comes from Latin congratulatio , with exactly the same meaning. Share
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Today mine best friend has Marriage Anniversary. I wished"Happy Marriage Anniversary". I am confused whether I spoke the right words. May be I should have congratulated. Can anybody help me here w...
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A Big Congratulations! Further to our article last month, we wanted to congratulate Jane Mason and Tom Wicks on their effort in Nottingham Life Cycle 5. Jane and her team completed her 50 miles, while Tom finished his 75 miles in the aid of raising money for dementia research. link
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5. Congrads is an incorrect spelling of this abbreviation. Put Congrads in any word processor and it will return an incorrect spelling. This is because"d" does not appear in Congratulations. Unfortunately, many people ignore this and still use Congrads. If you want to stay grammatically correct, use Congrats. Share.
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Imagine someone important congratulated you at work (getting a big client, swiftly solving a burning issue) by email.
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As a native speaker, I can tell you that"congratulations" is more often used on occasions such as weddings, engagements, graduations, job promotions, and births (or expectant); but not so much for birthdays and other holidays, though it is not so much a matter of correctness here as it is custom. If you wanted to, though, you could correctly say:
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The plural form illustrated by the examples above is much more used than the singular form: 2523 matches for congratulations vs. 56 matches for congratulation in the COCA. It should be noted that the less common singular form can be found in sentences where the plural form would not apply. See these examples extracted from the COCA:
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Whenever someone who reported to me asked about maternity leave, I always said,"Congratulations! To apply for maternity leave, you must submit form 2692A for approval nine months prior to your leave date." –
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When you congratulate someone on something you give them your good wishes because something special or pleasant has happened to them, e.g."I'd like to congratulate you on your marriage". 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".
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"Congratulations on surviving another year!" Be careful with this. Save it for your friends who like dark humour. It fails if: the person has had a bout with a lethal disease; the person thinks you're threatening them; the person is sensitive about getting older
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