"thank" and "thanks"
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"thank" and "thanks"
I want to write that statement:
"We can thanks him for everything he does",
but WORD software tells me that I'm wrong and I must write "thank" without the "s" at the end. Then:
"We can thank him for everything he does."
Does anyone know the rule about it? Hope someone answers...
"We can thanks him for everything he does",
but WORD software tells me that I'm wrong and I must write "thank" without the "s" at the end. Then:
"We can thank him for everything he does."
Does anyone know the rule about it? Hope someone answers...
Jeremy Swiss- Early Production
- Posts : 65
Join date : 2011-12-23
Re: "thank" and "thanks"
Thanks and Thank You
Thanks is more informal than thank you. Note that thanks you is not possible.
- Thank you very much. OR Thanks very much. (NOT Thanks you.)
Thanks can be followed by a lot. Thank you cannot be followed by a lot.
- Thanks a lot. (Thank you a lot.)
More expressions with thank are given below.
-Thank heavens (NOT Thanks heavens) (NOT Thank you heavens.)
- Thank goodness (NOT Thanks goodness) (NOT Thank you goodness)
Indeed can be used with very much after thank you.
- Thank you very much indeed. (BUT NOT Thank you indeed)
Thank you for and thanks for can be followed by an –ing form.
- Thanks for coming. OR Thank you for coming. (NOT Thanks you for your coming)
Thank you can be used instead of Yes, please.
- ‘Would you like another piece of cake?’ ‘Thank you.’ (= Yes, I would like another piece of cake.)
To refuse something you can say No, thank you / No, thanks.
- ‘Another cake?’ ‘No, thanks. I have eaten too many already.’
Note that we do not use Yes, thanks to accept offers. Yes thanks is used to confirm that things are all right.
- ‘Have you got enough rice?’ ‘Yes, thanks.’ (= Yes, I have got enough rice.)
Replies to thanks:
British people do not usually reply when they are thanked for small things. If a reply is necessary, you can say ‘You’re welcome’ or ‘Don’t mention it’. In a very formal style you can say ‘Not at all’. In a very informal style you can say ‘That’s all right’ or ‘That’s OK’.
http://www.englishspeaking.org/thanks-and-thank-you/
Thanks is more informal than thank you. Note that thanks you is not possible.
- Thank you very much. OR Thanks very much. (NOT Thanks you.)
Thanks can be followed by a lot. Thank you cannot be followed by a lot.
- Thanks a lot. (Thank you a lot.)
More expressions with thank are given below.
-Thank heavens (NOT Thanks heavens) (NOT Thank you heavens.)
- Thank goodness (NOT Thanks goodness) (NOT Thank you goodness)
Indeed can be used with very much after thank you.
- Thank you very much indeed. (BUT NOT Thank you indeed)
Thank you for and thanks for can be followed by an –ing form.
- Thanks for coming. OR Thank you for coming. (NOT Thanks you for your coming)
Thank you can be used instead of Yes, please.
- ‘Would you like another piece of cake?’ ‘Thank you.’ (= Yes, I would like another piece of cake.)
To refuse something you can say No, thank you / No, thanks.
- ‘Another cake?’ ‘No, thanks. I have eaten too many already.’
Note that we do not use Yes, thanks to accept offers. Yes thanks is used to confirm that things are all right.
- ‘Have you got enough rice?’ ‘Yes, thanks.’ (= Yes, I have got enough rice.)
Replies to thanks:
British people do not usually reply when they are thanked for small things. If a reply is necessary, you can say ‘You’re welcome’ or ‘Don’t mention it’. In a very formal style you can say ‘Not at all’. In a very informal style you can say ‘That’s all right’ or ‘That’s OK’.
http://www.englishspeaking.org/thanks-and-thank-you/
Vincent Law- Advanced Fluency
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Join date : 2011-12-22
Age : 49
Location : Philadelphia
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