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You’ve just finished writing an important email to a colleague and want to thank them for
In both of these scenarios, you’ll use the phrase "thank you" to express gratitude and (in
But what is the correct punctuation to use? Do you even need punctuation at all? Unfortunately there
In this article, we’ll look at the different ways you can use "thank you" in a
As you can see, we used a comma in the first example, but we didn’t in
But in this sentence, "thank" and "you" are two words performing separate roles
Here, to thank is a verb denoting the action of thanking someone
You is the object of that verb (the person receiving the action)
In this case, it would be wrong to use a comma after "thank you," in the same
When you’re using "thank you" in this way, you don’t need a comma
In these examples, "a thank you" refers to an idea or sentiment
When you use "thank you" in this way, you don’t need to place a comma after
If we add "note" to this sentence, you can see that the comma moves to fall after "
This one’s easy: You always need a comma after thank you when you are addressing someone
Adding a comma here separates the statement from the name of the person being thanked
This works the same even if you are thanking more than one person:
If your sentence continues after the person’s name, add a second comma after their name to
There is one use of "thanks" that doesn’t require a comma after
If you use "thanks" as a noun (to refer to an idea or sentiment), you don’t
The only time you’ll need a comma after "thanks" in this scenario is if the sentence
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I hope you’re well! I heard your podcast episode about comma rules, and I wanted to
As you can see, we use a comma after the opening salutation (Hi Sara) and the closing
The same rule applies for "Many thanks," or for any other closing salutation you might use
As you can see, you don't need a comma after "thanks" or "thank you" in these phrases
Whenever you use an email salutation (like "Sincerely," "Yours truly," "Kind regards") the format should be:
Notice how we add a return (hit the enter key) between the salutation and your name
While we’re talking about thank yous and commas, we thought we might as well answer this
"No thank you" isn’t a grammatically correct sentence, however you could say something like:
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Think you know your stuff now? We've taken the commas out of these sentences
(Hint: Even if there doesn’t need to be a comma after "thank you," you may need
To say thank you for sacrificing your time we'd like to give you an extra week's holiday
I gave her some chocolates as a thank you for looking after my dog
To say thank you for sacrificing your time, we'd like to give you an extra week's holiday
I still need to send out the thank you notes from my birthday
People often leave the comma out of the phrase Thank you, [Name] in casual contexts, like when