The happy couple just celebrated their fifty year anniversary.
2007-08-23 03:06:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Should it be "The happy couple just celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary" or "The happy couple just celebrated fifty years together" ??
2007-08-23 03:12:52 · answer #1 · answered by Tatsbabe 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The happy couple celebrated their fiftieth anniversary.
You don't need just, and it is not fiftty year anniversary that means an anniversary 50 year long you mean the anniversary that is number 50.
2007-08-23 10:14:14 · answer #2 · answered by The Calculus Alchemist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great example of why you should use numbers - 50th instead of fiftieth. By the way couple is plural in the sense you used the word therefore correct. The way I used the word couple is singular because I'm referring to the word not the actual lovebirds.
2007-08-23 10:28:35 · answer #3 · answered by mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say - The happy couple just celebrated its fify year anniversary.
Couple is singular, their implies plural.
2007-08-23 10:22:01 · answer #4 · answered by GromitFan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. The word "happy" is an oxymoron in this sentence. [Omit it or use a more realistic adjective. "Bedraggled" seems fitting.]
2. fifty-year [Put in a hyphen]
3. couple [singular] their [plural], their probably should be "its".
2007-08-23 10:57:01 · answer #5 · answered by Rob 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Using the word "happy" to describe a couple married that long? LOL
2007-08-23 11:21:37 · answer #6 · answered by ghouly05 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"fiftieth" is good
"fifty year" is bad
2007-08-23 10:25:10 · answer #7 · answered by RKO4president 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a little plainly put, but nothing wrong that I can see.
2007-08-23 10:14:10 · answer #8 · answered by Lauren J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's fiftieth, not fifty
2007-08-23 14:00:22 · answer #9 · answered by napoleondynamite2907 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋