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  1. word usage - Difference between "Thanking you" and "Thank you ...

    I always use in my letter "Thanking you in advance for your time and consideration." But one of my colleagues said thanking you was not correct usage of English, it should be thank you. So my ques...

  2. 'Thank yous' VS 'Thank you's' | WordReference Forums

    Nov 20, 2009 · I couldn't easily accept thank yous, as the plural of a thank you, just as I write p's and q's rather than ps and qs. This is quite a vexed area in that it seems to make some people very …

  3. Thank you, dears. - WordReference Forums

    Oct 18, 2024 · Is "thank you, dears" a standard English expression? Dear is an adjective, not a noun, and an adjective cannot have a plural form. Shouldn't it be corrected as Thank you, everyone?

  4. "Thanks" or "thank you"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Dec 13, 2011 · 8 Thanks is another way of saying thank you. The difference is that thanks is a noun used for An expression of gratitude: "Festivals were held to give thanks for the harvest." A feeling of …

  5. thank-you, thankyou, thank you | WordReference Forums

    May 6, 2011 · I've never understood the appropriate way to use the diffrent thank yous. I always see it as "thank you" so that's how I normally write it. If someone could explain it to me I'd really appreciate …

  6. Should there be a comma after "no" in "no thank you"?

    Sep 4, 2015 · I understand why you ask the question, but a comma is seldom placed there. The expression no thank you is so common that it is treated as a conjoined idiom. The only time a …

  7. Is the usage of "I thank you" correct? [closed]

    Dec 20, 2015 · Will it be okay if I write or say like this: I thank you. When I saw someone write "I thank you", I said that usage is a bit awkward and rarely used. I just want to know your opinion.

  8. idioms - “Thank you very much” vs. “Thank you so much” - English ...

    9 Thank you so much is becoming way over used and doesn’t come off as genuine anymore. It’s almost as if everyone were hypnotized into saying Thank you so much instead of the good old Thanks a lot.

  9. Comma between "Thank you" and the name of the person

    Jun 7, 2016 · Then why isn't there a comma between a salutation and the name of the person being addressed, i.e. "Hello, Paul". Do you think it originally existed in the English language but …

  10. Usage of "Indeed" in "Thank you very much indeed"

    Aug 24, 2016 · 4 I constantly hear the expression "Thank you very much indeed" in the BBC, both TV and radio. However, I never listen to it on day-to-day conversation, either formal or informal. …