Points Of Modern English Usage LXXVII

Austin, Frances

English Studies 2001 82 (1)74-85
(ReLIS:jul:juljig:y:2001:v:82:i:1:p:74-85)

Abstract:

Attention has been drawn by a correspondent to the intransitive use of enjoy in the imperative. Although it is almost invariably used in restaurants in Canada, I am told, and probably in the United States, as a substitute for ‘Bon appétit’, it also occurs in contexts which have no connection with food. When Debbie Aldridge in the BBC radio’s longrunning The Archers saw her parents off on their holiday to the Caribbean, she simply said, ‘Enjoy’, not ‘Enjoy yourselves’ or ‘Enjoy your holiday’.

Keywords: Inglés ; Uso
Pages: 74-85
Volume: 82
Year: 2001
Issue: 1

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