This is a very simple question, but I just wanted to determine if the following statement is correct or not when we want to wish a friend luck who is going to do a presentation on a conference.
Wishing you the very best of luck with your presentation.
Best Answer
Though grammatically valid and understandable, this sounds a bit like something you might read on a greeting card. It's a bit formal, and beginning the sentence with "Wishing you" instead of "I'm wishing you" or "We're wishing you" adds the implied subject and sounds a bit unnatural for speech.
If you're sending them a card or an email or something, this could sound perfectly fine:
That sounds natural in that context. If you're speaking to them in person, though, it sounds a bit odd. "The very best of luck" sounds oddly formal, and as I mentioned before you're removing the subject from the sentence, which isn't how people normally speak. If you're talking to them in person, you might say:
Still a bit formal, but adding the subject makes it more natural in speech. More natural-sounding would be:
Or most commonly said: