Hi friends! vs Hi, friend!

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Hi friends!' is used when addressing a group of friends, while 'Hi, friend!' is used when addressing a single friend. The use of the comma in 'Hi, friend!' indicates a direct address to a specific individual.

Last updated: April 02, 2024 • 1392 views

Hi friends!

This phrase is correct and commonly used when addressing a group of friends.

This phrase is used to greet a group of friends in an informal setting.

Examples:

Hi friends! How are you all doing today?
Let's meet at the park, hi friends!

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13,385 plays Girls can play with Mickey and his friends! Frozen Elsas...
You'd better not have harmed him or his friends!
Go karting with Mario and his friends!
I have the privilege of being his friend!
(SNIGGERING) Gone to join his friends!
'Cause you're gonna rat on two of his friends!
Yeah, I'm his friend!
Yeah, we're his friends!
I always had a great time riding with him and his friends!
Getting Lucky With His Friends Mum!
I am his friend! I'm the best friend he has right now!
Create matches as quickly as you can to help Mathin the Rabbit navigate a fairy tale world and find his way to his friend!
And now it's time for the lumberjack to take his axe and save his friends!
Just think what that game could do for grampa and his friends!
[Honest John] And he still thinks we're his friends!
Deliver Tokitada up to us, and his friend!
And... I must do my caro sposo the justice of saying, he need not be ashamed of his friend!
You don't know what Mischa does for his friends!
So he confused killing a Japanese soldier with killing his friend!
Hi friend! Every month we review and recommend a great book for you to practice reading in English. The language in these books is not complex from a literary point of view, but they do require a certain level of understanding.

Alternatives:

Hello friends!
Hey friends!
Hi everyone!

Hi, friend!

This phrase is correct and commonly used when addressing a single friend.

This phrase is used to greet a single friend in an informal setting.

Examples:

Hi, friend! How was your day?
Hi, friend! Do you want to grab a coffee?

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Each character is accompanied by his faithful friend, troublemaker!
Oyo, his friend, that room!
May he lose his tongue, this friend!
That's my brother and his best friend, Blacky!
Deliver Tokitada up to us, and his friend!
Oh, that is a major pity - and his friend, Colonel Shame!
his teachers, his friends!
His best friend, Leo!
Hi, dear Trisquel friends!
All his friends looking his wife.
His voicemail message to his best friend was his last known contact.
His organization - crumbling, his friends - traitors, His preasious information - useless.
In his youth, Francis reveled in his relationships with his friends.
The church told his friends everything they could find in his PC folder to ruin his reputation.
Wealth adds many friends, But the poor is separated from his friend.
His best friend, childhood friend.
My friend Amastan often writes about his friends on Tatoeba.
4 Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.
Your friend seybolt was laundering money for jack and his friends.
His best friends finger two babies...

Alternatives:

Hello, friend!
Hey, friend!
Hi there, friend!

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