Happy birthday 'for' or 'to' sb?

You can when referring to the birthday boy or girl in the third person. Jane was out waterskiing, and somehow managed to crash into a ... EnglishLanguageLearnersStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforspeakersofotherlanguageslearningEnglish.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Happybirthday'for'or'to'sb? AskQuestion Asked 3years,9monthsago Modified 3years,9monthsago Viewed 7ktimes 0 CanIput'for'after'Happybirthday'?Idon'tknowwhyitisnotsuitable. prepositionsword-difference Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedOct20,2018at3:09 EddieKal 18.6k2626goldbadges7373silverbadges160160bronzebadges askedOct20,2018at2:04 user83879user83879 311silverbadge22bronzebadges Addacomment  |  1Answer 1 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 0 Youcanwhenreferringtothebirthdayboyorgirlinthethirdperson. Janewasoutwaterskiing,andsomehowmanagedtocrashintoadolphinandbrokeherwrist.So,allinall,notaveryhappybirthdayforpoorJane. Otherwise,aswithanothercommunication,whenaddressingapersondirectlyyouspeaktothemtowishthemhappybirthday. Let'sallsing"happybirthday"toJane,tomakeherfeelbetter! Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedOct20,2018at13:34 answeredOct20,2018at3:29 AndrewAndrew 87k66goldbadges9595silverbadges185185bronzebadges Addacomment  |  Youmustlogintoanswerthisquestion. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedprepositionsword-difference. FeaturedonMeta AnnouncingtheStacksEditorBetarelease! 2022ModeratorElectionQ&A–QuestionCollection Related 7 For"another"example 1 Whatisthedifferencebetweenhappyandcheerfulinthisquote:Iamcheerful.Idon'tknowifI'mhappy.? 0 Whyshouldweuse'for'beforeauthorityinthiscase? 3 Is'happilyeverafter'anounphrase? 4 Whatdoes"for"meanin"...forworkswrittenbyandforthesophisticatedadults.." 0 "resolvedaftercall"or"resolvedovercall" 0 AnAdjectiveforbeinghappyvsanadjectivetobeinghappy 1 "Content","Satisfied","Pleased"or"Happy" 6 WhyshouldIuse"of"aftermore? HotNetworkQuestions IsthisaLittleLeaguebalk? Plotaphasediagram HowdidancientRomanfamilynamessurvivetocurrentdayuse? Whatisthefunctionof了in我现在养了一只狗和一只猫？ DoesMITlicenseobligemetopublishitscodeinopensources Howdidreplacingflourinmuffinsgosowrong? Docongressmenandsenatorsevenreadletterswesendthem? WhydopeoplewanttoimmigratetoNorthKorea? howtoseparateeachcontentinthefile? PlayingAmpentatonicscaleoverAblueschordprogression FatedConfrontationSpellDuration Mostpracticalmethodforasecretdemographictogetitsnews? Moshe,Israelentry Whenisittoolatetointroducemajorcharacters? ForceLaTeXtoignoreunknownunicodecharacters WhowasN.M.StephenswhorefutedtheStrongerFeit-ThompsonConjecture? WhattypeofboardmaterialcanIuseforagamingtable'splayarea? LongerThanUsual Whydidmypizzatoppingsslideoffwhilebaking? Whathappensifadebtisdenominatedinsomethingthatdoesnothaveaclearvalue? HasChinashownanyinclinationtowardsaunifiedKorea? Rearrangetoapalindrome Howismakingadownpaymentdifferentfromgettingasmallerloan? Inastatewiththecommonlawdefinitionoftheft,canyouforceastoretotakecashby"pretending"tosteal? morehotquestions Questionfeed SubscribetoRSS Questionfeed TosubscribetothisRSSfeed,copyandpastethisURLintoyourRSSreader. Yourprivacy Byclicking“Acceptallcookies”,youagreeStackExchangecanstorecookiesonyourdeviceanddiscloseinformationinaccordancewithourCookiePolicy. Acceptallcookies Customizesettings