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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 438301" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>I prefer the grammatically incorrect version because hiding the "belated" (my fault) between the catchy "happy!" and the catchy "birthday!" softens that fault a bit.</p><p></p><p>And perhaps there <em>is </em>a passive-aggressive aspect in using this particular incorrect grammar: sort of blaming the recipient for <em>not</em> having his/her birthday on the day I actually <em>do</em> remember it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 438301, member: 8"] I prefer the grammatically incorrect version because hiding the "belated" (my fault) between the catchy "happy!" and the catchy "birthday!" softens that fault a bit. And perhaps there [I]is [/I]a passive-aggressive aspect in using this particular incorrect grammar: sort of blaming the recipient for [I]not[/I] having his/her birthday on the day I actually [I]do[/I] remember it. [/QUOTE]
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