joggingMulberry
Hope You Have a Good Weekend (do I need a comma here?) too Today I had a causal conversation with a friend. At the end of the chat, he said to me 'have a good weekend'. I intended to say ' hope you have a god weekend too", but I didn't know this expression that time (or at that time?). So, instead of saying in that way, I said ' have a good weekend to you ,too'. At the very moment I clicked the send button, I knew this( or that, or both can work?) is an awkward expression. Actually, it's grammatically wrong because we need a noun form before 'to you'. For example, 'best wishes to you', ' (I wish) a good weekend to you' , etc. I remember a few weeks ago, when I had a chat with another friend, at the end of the conversation he said 'Sorry I have to go to bed.I am sleepy now". I felt sleepy too at that time because it was late, so I said 'I feel sleepy too'. Well, this is acceptable as I think, but still it is slightly verbose and I knew there was (or is) a better way to say that. After the conversation, I googled and found it out -- 'me too'. I love to have casual chat with people, because I can't expect what topics I am going to discuss with them and what words I am going to hear and say/write. Meanwhile, it is like a test because I need to respond timely and there is not too much time for me to thinking and arranging my words, nor embellishing them. It is such a good way for me to improving my command of English by being put into a situation where I have to produce logical expressions in a timely manner ( or a timely fashion? a timely way? I am not satisfied with neither of them) Finally, I hope all my friends (will?) have a good weekend as the weekend is coming ;-)
Jan 9, 2014 4:27 PM