To wish someone “good luck” professionally, say “Best of luck with your future endeavors” or “wishing you all the best.” These synonyms for good luck mean that you hope the person has great success with a future job or professional situation.
This saying works well in farewell messages to professional or academic contacts who are starting new opportunities.
When you’re writing messages to colleagues, QuillBot’s free Paraphraser can help you find synonyms for phrases like “good luck.”
Thank you so much is a polite way to express deep gratitude or appreciation. It is a more emphatic version of the phrase “thank you” and can be used in both formal and informal contexts.
“Thanks” is often use in place of “thank you” in more informal contexts (e.g., “Thanks so much for the gift”).
Avoid statements like it’s nice to e-meet you when meeting someone over email or other forms of electronic communication (e.g., Slack, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams).
An informal and brief response is “you, too.” Avoid “me, too” because it’s not the correct abbreviation for “It’s nice to meet you, too.”
Nice meeting you response exampleNew Doctor: It’s nice to meet you, Andrew. New Patient: It’s nice meeting you as well, Dr. Cho. I’ve heard great things about you.
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The phrases nice to meet you and nice to see you have different meanings and audiences.
“Nice to meet you” is short for “It is nice to meet you.” The audience is a person whom you are currently meeting for the first time.
Nice to meet you exampleNew student: Hi, I’m Carlos, and I’m here for my first class.
Teacher: Welcome, Carlos! Nice to meet you! I’m Mr. Davis. Please sit anywhere you’d like.
New student:Nice to meet you, too, Mr. Davis.
“Nice to see you” is a polite expression for a person you already know. When it’s used as a greeting, it means “It is nice to see you” (simple present tense). When it’s part of a farewell, it means “It was nice to see you” (past tense).
Nice to see you examplesAunt: Come on in, Oliver! It’s so nice to see you! Your cousins are all waiting for you upstairs. Nephew: It’s great to be here, Aunt Carol. Thanks for having me over today.
Party Host: Thanks for coming, James. Drive safe! Party Guest: Later, Liz! Nice to see you!
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Happy birthday is sometimes capitalized and sometimes not depending on the context. The capitalization rules for “happy birthday” and “birthday” are as follows:
Capitalize “Happy Birthday!” when it’s part of a greeting (e.g., “Happy Birthday, Lynn!”).
“Birthday” is not a proper noun like holidays such as Halloween or Thanksgiving, so the only other time it’s capitalized is when it begins a sentence or is part of a title (e.g., “Birthdays are special”).
Don’t capitalize “happy birthday” when “birthday” is a noun that functions as the subject of a sentence (e.g., “A happy birthday doesn’t always need to include cake and parties”).
Don’t capitalize “happy birthday” when it’s a direct object that receives the action in a sentence (e.g., “I hope you had a happy birthday yesterday”).
Don’t capitalize “happy” or “birthday” when either or both of these words are adjectives that modify another noun (e.g., “I spent the entire afternoon reading my happy birthday messages on Facebook” or “We ate the entire birthday cake”).
Happy belated birthday means “happy late birthday.” You can also say “belated happy birthday.” Both are appropriate happy birthday wisheswhen you missed the birthday but still want to acknowledge it and spread birthday cheer.
Happy belated birthday exampleHappy belated birthday, Lily! You light up every room and make everyone’s lives better. I hope your party was amazing, and I can’t wait to celebrate with you this weekend.
If you’re looking for more ways to say “happy belated birthday,” QuillBot’s free Paraphraser can help you reword happy late birthday messages.
When you want to write belated happy birthday wishes, try these tips to make your messages special and sincere.
Start the message or greeting with “Happy belated birthday.”
Use the person’s name (e.g., “Happy belated birthday, Carlos!”).
Say that you hope they had a happy birthday with sentences in the past tense (e.g., “I hope your birthday was everything you hoped for and that you celebrated in style”).
QuillBot’s free Grammar Checker can help you proofread belated happy birthday wishes before you send them to a best friend, family member, or virtually anyone who deserves to be celebrated.
