I wish you great success vs I wish you a great success

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I wish you great success' is more commonly used and considered more natural in English. 'I wish you a great success' is also correct but less common.

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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"I wish you great success"

This phrase is used to express good wishes for someone to achieve great success in their endeavors.

Examples:

I wish you great success in your new job.
She wished him great success in his upcoming competition.

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I wish you great success in your Presidency.
In any case, Mr President, I wish you great success in your leadership of the European Union.
It is a great privilege for Slovenia and for Europe and I wish you great success in the Presidency.
I wish you all great success in your work for Europe!
That is not something that other states out there may do; the decision, then, is for us to take, and, as regards your decision, I wish you the great success for which you have been striving.
I wish him great success in implementing this programme.
On behalf of us all, I welcome you most warmly and wish you great success in your first term of office as Members of the European Parliament.
We wish you great success here and trust that you will be able to coordinate your work well with American policy.
I would like to heartily welcome all to my country and wish you great success in the game tomorrow.
With art, children and music it is really possible to overcome all limits and to create a better world. I like this idea and wish you great success.
We wish you great success this year, joining our feelings in a hymn to life, to love and to hope.
We wish you great success with the editions of the magazine and peace and blessing to all those who work so that it continues to reach our homes.
This is the last and decisive week. I wish them great success.
I have worked with Martin over many years and I wish him great success for his new role.
We wish great success to our Dominican Republic developer, Vuelta Arriba Cafe which is already working on the next opening of other outstanding cafés.
I wish them great success, and I hope the Mochovce nuclear plant works well and safely.
The next point is that we are, of course, pleased that another terrorism coordinator has been appointed and we wish him great success.
I would like to wish great success to those who participate in this and to those who are in favour of it.
I wish the Commissioner great success in the will continue to follow the proceedings at close quarters for, if no solution is found, we will unfortunately need to act at European level, which I do not consider to be desirable.
Having said this, I wish the Commission great success in this debate and I hope that the management model, which has been a failure, can be changed in the future.

Alternatives:

I hope you achieve great success.
May you find great success.
Wishing you great success.
Good luck with achieving great success.
May success be yours.

This phrase is correct but less common in English.

"I wish you a great success"

This phrase can be used to express good wishes for someone to achieve a specific great success in a particular situation.

Examples:

I wish you a great success in your presentation tomorrow.
She wished him a great success in his new business venture.

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I wish you a great success
I wish you a lifetime of happiness with him.
Good. I wish you a safe onward journey.
Good morning and may I wish you a very...
I wish you a safe journey.
I wish you a nice, long life.
I wish you a speedy recovery, Mrs Stark.
I wish you a safe trip home to your country.
I wish you a good flight, sir.
Then I wish you a speedy death.
Ladies and gentlemen, I wish you a safe trip.
I wish you a happy Christmas in redrafting the Rules.
I wish you a happy Christmas.
Mrs. Nordmann, I wish you a long life.
I wish you a good year of meetings and exchanges.
I wish you a holy Advent waiting for the great feast of Christmas.
In this spirit I wish you a very Happy Vesakh.
I wish you a pleasant journey to Vera Cruz.
I wish you a safe journey home.
And I wish you a happy Thanksgiving.
I wish you a pleasant weekend, Comrade Nelis.

Alternatives:

I wish you great success.
I hope you achieve great success.
May you find great success.
Wishing you great success.
Good luck with achieving great success.

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