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Bookmark or Share- What is the correct way to write "God bless America"?Yes, it's subjunctive with the "may" removed, certainly not imperative or addressed to God. Similar phrases with "May" dropped include, say, "Heaven help us", "The Devil take the hindmost", or "The Force be with you" (which I've not checked is actually present in the Star Wars corpus :p).
- Difference between "God bless" and "God bless you" [closed]There's no difference, although God Bless is more often used as a farewell greeting, and God bless you is more often used as an interjection, for example as a way of saying Thank you for a favour performed. In the same way, Bless you! is used, with exactly the same meaning, to express sympathy when someone sneezes.
- Why to use "May" before using "May God bless you"?May God bless you. May God be pleased with you. May God accept your prayers. But why do we use "May" at the beginning of the sentence? Apparently, it doesn't make the sentence a question but more polite and respectful towards the God maybe? I cannot tell I heard this structure in any other sentence but religious ones.
- How formal is “Bless [him/her]”? - English Language & Usage Stack ...Bless is used in expressions such as `God bless' or 'Bless you' to express affection, thanks, or good wishes. (INFORMAL, SPOKEN) Collins Dictionary. I think it's non-U, as it is short for '(May) God bless you'. U would rather say '(May) God bless you'. –
- capitalization - When should the word "God" be capitalized? - English ...770 goddamn 218 Goddamn 38 God damn 27 god damn 18 god-damn 17 God-damn 12 GODDAMN 3 God-Damn 2 God Damn 1 GOD DAMN 183 examples of Goddamn occurred after punctuation—only 35 occurred after a word. Lowercase goddamn is dramatically more common. For the spaced variation, capitalization was more common than not, but for the hyphenated variation ...
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