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- Belated happy birthday or happy belated birthday?
Belated birthday is nonsense, since the anniversary is the anniversary, and cannot be postponed even if the celebrations are Belated happy birthday, strictly, is also nonsense because the birthday has already gone and may or may not have been happy Therefore I would suggest something along the lines of:
- Word meaning the opposite of belated [closed]
To compete with myself, beforehand is in about the register of belated but is more neutral than premature and might be more fitting since the OP's example was one day early, not 8 months early EDIT But it is not the right part of speech, of course
- as they may be, as it may be meaning and use cases
The adjective "belated" is used to describe the nature of the subject such as the noun "commiseration" in the example above The phrase "as they may be" is used to indicate that the "commiseration" is heart-felt, even though it is late in delivery Another example: My offers to help, belated though they were, were gleefully accepted
- For a deceased person, do we use the late or late?
The usage is typically "the late "I haven't heard it used without a determiner Here are some quotations from the OED's definition of "late" (III 2 a(a)) showing this usage is typical and well-attested (entries with "a" or "my" instead of "the" removed
- adjectives - Should I use related or -related - English Language . . .
Hyphenation is tricky There are two cases: This book is computer(*)related (without a noun) This is a computer(*)related book
- phrase requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Sorry for the belated response Insulting: Please excuse the lateness of this response I was very busy all this time; had far more important things to do You're a miserable moron Your guilt means exactly nothing to me Why don't you stick it up your ass: your head has been getting lonely up there Condescending: I'm sorry: I should have
- single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
There is nothing in the English language, per se, that requires you to use any construction including words to the effect of "in advance" or "belated" English speakers are free to use the words that fit both their mood and the occasion (and the same goes for written communication), whether it's formal or informal
- capitalization - Should it be Happy Birthday! or Happy birthday . . .
I mostly agree, except that I have never seen the phrase "Happy Silver Wedding Anniversary", and I don't think I ever will (outside of this context ) "Happy Anniversary!", yes, or "Happy 25th Anniversary!"
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