What is better to write on a cake? "Happy Birthday <name>" or "Happy Birthday to <name>"?
Or are both of them equally fine? Or is there an alternative that's better than both?
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aditsu
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I think most cake decorators would recommend the exclusion of the preposition, but let's wait for them to weigh in. – Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ Jan 28 '19 at 18:33
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Seriously? "Opinion-based"?! This is what's wrong with StackExchange... – aditsu Jan 29 '19 at 04:13
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By far, the most common phrasing is "Happy [Nth] Birthday [Name]". You can easily see this in an image search for "birthday cakes". For example:
(Likewise, no preposition is used for other types of cakes, such as "Congratulations [name]", "Happy Anniversary [name]".)
See also the examples here:
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I've also seen some examples that include "to", e.g. this, but you may be right that the other one is more common. – aditsu Jan 28 '19 at 19:49
