Thanks &Thank you

It just came in mind those two normal words we all use all time
" Thank You " and " Thanks"



Thank You and Thanks are very nice and comforting words , they explain

how greatful you are and show the other side the deserved respect

They have the same meaning but when we should use each one of them

everyone of them has its own situation to use

Thank You : it should be used with someone whom you do not know very well

Thanks : it could be used with relatives and friends only, you cannot use it with a stranger

Think you

Thanks and Thank You


by ESL on March 22, 2011




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 Thank 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.)