English Language & Usage Asked on December 23, 2020
In a phrase like “The meeting Friday has been canceled and I hope you all enjoy your weekend(s)” which is correct? Should weekend be singular since there is only one weekend being referred to or should it be plural since there are multiple weekend experiences occurring (one for each employee). If it’s interchangeable is there a particular grammatical justification for this or is it just a unique aspect of the word ‘weekend’?
It is not unique to weekend at all. If the boss had told you all to go home, he surely isn't implying that you all live in a single building.
When you are addressing multiple people at once, it isn't needed to redundantly specify that the predicate applies individually to each person addressed.
Answered by Oldcat on December 23, 2020
It’s ONE weekend. There are not multiple weekends, although the experiences of THE weekend definitely vary. They’re all enjoying the one officially designated weekend in their own unique ways (ergo the difference between one “weekend” and many “ways”)
Answered by Eddy Jennifer on December 23, 2020
On the other hand, each person is experiencing their own personal weekend, so it just depends on the speaker’s intent, and ultimately it really doesn’t matter much at all
Answered by Eddy Jennifer on December 23, 2020
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