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May flowers flourish in your garden!
What is wrong in this sentence? Grammarly says, that I have to change the verb form. It suggests that I write, 'May flower flourish in your garden' and not 'flowers'. When I put the article "the" in front of the flowers (May the flowers flourish in your garden), Grammarly accepts it. Can someone explain this to me?
flower is a countable noun and you need "a" or "the" or just a plural form of "flowers"
ex. boy: A boy is playing on the ground. Boys are playing on the ground. The boy is playing on the ground or The boys are playing on the ground.
But 'Boy is playing on the ground' is not correct.
'May' is just an auxiliary verb which needs an infinitive(the original form of a verb) after it.
May you live long. May God bless you. These sentences express a wish by a speaker.
