Give examples of the Optative Sentence.

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Updated on: September 25th, 2023

Examples of opative sentences are ‘Best wishes!’, ‘Good luck!’, ‘Wish you a wonderful day.’ etc. Optative sentences express strong wishes, prayers, curses, etc. These sentences usually start with “may” and “wish”. You may also find these sentences beginning with “let”.

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1. Give examples of the Optative Sentence.

Using Opative Sentences

Opative sentences usually begin with verbs such as ”wish”, “may”, “have” and “let”. It’s also a phrase to wish someone on a special occasion, like ‘Happy Birthday. For choice phrase punctuation, it usually starts with a capital letter and ends with an exclamation point. However, in rare cases, it may end with a period.

Following are some examples of optative sentences

May you be a doctor
May you live a long life
Best wishes!
May God bless you
Wish you a very happy journey
Wish you a very happy birthday
Wish you a very happy married life
May the team India win this World Cup
Wish you all the best for your examination
Good luck!
May the Almighty help us all in this pandemic
May God bless you with a daughter
Happy Journey!
May you be blessed with a good job.
Wish you a wonderful day.
May God have mercy on you!
May your mother recover.
May God’s will be done!
Happy anniversary!
Let the celebrations begin!

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