This word is commonly seen in the wedding invitations most especially in the Asian region. It hurts my eyes though when a formal and expensive invitation would commit a vital error.
Let’s start with the word “Nuptial”… basically an adjective which refers to the marriage ceremony or something that pertains to marriage. To recall our definition of adjective it simply means a descriptive word.
example:
“Each country practices different nuptial rites.”
“I was touched by the nuptial vow of Carms & Den.”
“I was assigned to light the nuptial candle.”
For the word “Nuptials” … this is considered as a noun which refers to an entity, state or concept. Nuptials refers to the wedding itself. So when you opt to use the word ‘wedding’ never follow it with the word ‘nuptials’ otherwise you’re committing redundancy. To easily absorb this just remember that ‘wedding’ is replaceable with the word “nuptials’. This word is commonly seen in the invitations.
example :
“Lirio-Diaz’ Nuptials”
“Luzon-Partoza’s Nuptials”
I hope this confusion is settled… most especially to those brides who personalized their own invitations or for tags of your wedding favors.
Tags: Wedding
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hey, big help!!! seriously… im personalizing my invitation… great help man.. great help!
Thank God for this post. My uncle owns a printing press and I have been correcting them all the time, but no one believes me. Now that its my own invite they will make, I had to prove to them I was right all along by showing them this post.
yup…this really relieved me…i was going to use the word “nuptial” instead of “nuptials” my mom corrected me! whew! she’s an english teacher..thanks goodness! hehehehe
our wedding invitation cards are just home made but they look great~-*