AOL: Why Every Parent Has a ‘No Thank You Bite’ Rule And When It Backfires in Mealtime Moments
Getting kids to try new foods is a struggle every parent knows. The “No Thank You Bite” rule is one of those tricks you hear about from friends or see in parenting groups, promising to make dinner a ...
Why Every Parent Has a ‘No Thank You Bite’ Rule And When It Backfires in Mealtime Moments
MLive: Miss Manners: Is it rude to say ‘No, thank you’ when offered seconds?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am 64 years old. My mother insists that when I am offered another helping of food, it’s rude for me to reply, “No, thank you, I’m full.” She says I should just say “No, thank you” ...
Miss Manners: Is it rude to say ‘No, thank you’ when offered seconds?
Orange County Register: Swanson: No, thank you, Cori Close and Lindsay Gottlieb
Let’s start this column the way UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close ends every – every – news conference and interview: Thank you for doing this. Back at you, Coach. You, too, Lindsay Gottlieb at ...
Give James my thanks./ I give you my thanks. (when speaking face to face) Hence, the today's expression, "Thanks, Jim". "Thank you", the "thank" is a verb, and is actually a shortening of the phrase "I thank you". So, you'd probably not say "Give Jim my thank-you", but "Give Jim my thanks." Otherwise, they are interchangeable.
The only context I can think of in which one might write or say thank you's is as the plural of thank you, as in, for instance, Have you said your thank you's? - this is the kind of thing a parent asks when collecting a child from a party. There is a lot of disagreement about forming plurals with an 's.