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I just learned a useful phrase, but immediately I already have a few questions
about its structure and grammar.

The phrase:

> 楽しい旅行を!

Is this a set phrase short for:

> 楽しい旅行をしていらっしゃい

If so, why is there no ます at the end in:

> していらっしゃい

I'm just a beginner, so I am obviously way out of my league here, but I am
really curious.

If anyone would kindly clear this up for me—or point me in the right
direction—I would really appreciate it!
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conjugations keigo subsidiary-verbs
Is ます omitted here in 楽しい旅行をしていらっしゃい?
いらっしゃい is the imperative (命令形) of the honorific verb いらっしゃる, here standing in
for 来る.

いらっしゃいます is a valid form of いらっしゃる. However, the imperative needed for
楽しい旅行をして would be いらっしゃいま **せ**. (いらっしゃいませ is often heard when you enter a
restaurant — meaning "Please come in!", a polite imperative.)

Just to be doubly clear, the いらっしゃい in 楽しい旅行をしていらっしゃい and the いらっしゃい in
いらっしゃいます are different grammatical forms, even though they look and sound the
same. The first is the imperative, the second the conjunctive ( _masu_ -stem)
(連用形).

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By the way, 良い旅を or 楽しい旅行を may be set phrases, but they are not "short for"
楽しい旅行をしていらっしゃい, any more than _Safe journey!_ is short for _Have a safe
journey!_. The longer versions express the same sentiment, but _Safe journey!_
could be equally "short for" _I wish you a safe journey!_
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