Hey Grammar Nazis: How about "Thank you?"

[shortylickens]

sO lIKE, wow,,,,, and stuff.....
woah man.... that is teh l33t h4x0rs~!!?!?!?
OMGWTFBBQLOLLERSKATZ!!!!!

 

[Powermoloch]

Thanks care,

powermoloch

 

[WHAMPOM]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy
I was just thinking - if we say "Thank You" to somebody, are we actually telling them to thank themselves?

"I Thank You" makes sense, but "Thank You" by itself seems more like an order from than an action on the part of the person who says it.

Thoughts?

"Thank You"
"Bless You" "Ghazunheit"?
"Hello"
"Excuse Me"
"Hi"
"Good By" "God Bless You"
"Pardon"
Short and to the point, some are contractions of longer phrases. But "I Thank You" seems a bit upper crust and formal, in the long flowery conversations of some boored aristocrates.

 

[JDrake]

I'm a grammar nazi.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: lozina

Originally posted by: LordMaul

Originally posted by: lozina
your welcome

You're welcome.

Hence the significance of bolding the word ... wanted to draw out the grammar nazis

<another chalk mark>

 

[Goosemaster]

You are soo good lookin'.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: crownjules
{I} thank you. The I is implied.

FTW

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: lozina
your welcome

my welcome is doing just fine thank you.

 

[Sentinel]

Thank I.

 

[compnovice]

Originally posted by: dullard
Sentences without subjects can be either a command (implied "you") or an exclamation. Look at the next sentence:

"Fire!"

That sentence is acceptable in Engligh use. There is neither a subject, nor a verb. We don't say, "I see a fire!" Both the subject "I" and the verb "see" are implied in that example.

Exclamations are any abrupt and excited sentence. Often when someone truely helps you and you are truely happy, you are excited that your problem is solved. And the sentence "Thank you!" is certainly abrupt. So I think it works with an exclamation point and without violating any grammar rules.

Yes, Professor! :evil:

 

[TBone48]

Originally posted by: crownjules
{I} thank you. The I is implied.

Thank you!

 

[TwiceOver]

Go thank yourself.

 

[jonessoda]

Originally posted by: LordMaul
BTW, OP: Your title is incorrect. It should be like so:

Hey Grammar Nazis: How about "Thank you"?

Either usage is acceptable, actually, and in American English "xxxxx?" is more common.

Originally posted by: WHAMPOM

Originally posted by: SaltBoy
I was just thinking - if we say "Thank You" to somebody, are we actually telling them to thank themselves?

"I Thank You" makes sense, but "Thank You" by itself seems more like an order from than an action on the part of the person who says it.

Thoughts?

"Thank You"
"Bless You" "Ghazunheit"?
"Hello"
"Excuse Me"
"Hi"
"Good By" "God Bless You"
"Pardon"
Short and to the point, some are contractions of longer phrases. But "I Thank You" seems a bit upper crust and formal, in the long flowery conversations of some boored aristocrates.

"Gesundheit," German for "Health." Not "Ghazunheit."

And "Good By" should be "Goodbye/good bye," a contracted form of "God be with you" via "Go'b'wy'."

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy
I was just thinking - if we say "Thank You" to somebody, are we actually telling them to thank themselves?

"I Thank You" makes sense, but "Thank You" by itself seems more like an order from than an action on the part of the person who says it.

Thoughts?

Often times, the subject "I" or "you" can be left out, simply being understood. The "understood you" is more common than the "understood I" but they both exist in proper grammar.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: LordMaul
BTW, OP: Your title is incorrect. It should be like so:

Hey Grammar Nazis: How about "Thank you"?

pwnd

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: LordMaul
BTW, OP: Your title is incorrect. It should be like so:

Hey Grammar Nazis: How about "Thank you"?

I was an English major, and taught to always put the punctuation inside the quotes. I don't necessarily like or agree with it, but that is what I was taught.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: sm8000

Originally posted by: LordMaul
BTW, OP: Your title is incorrect. It should be like so:

Hey Grammar Nazis: How about "Thank you"?

I was an English major, and taught to always put the punctuation inside the quotes. I don't necessarily like or agree with it, but that is what I was taught.

You were taught incorrectly. Some punctuation goes inside closing quotations at the end, some don't. Then again, it also depends on what punctuation would typically end the phrase inside the quotations.