Oregonian: Miss Manners: Parents at odds when grateful graduate doesn’t send them a thank-you card
Miss Manners: Parents at odds when grateful graduate doesn’t send them a thank-you card
The Washington Post: Miss Manners: Should graduate send parents a thank-you note?
Dear Miss Manners: I was wondering if my daughter should have sent thank-you cards to my wife and myself when she graduated from college. My wife said she should have, but I don’t feel the same way.
AOL: Here's what you should write in a thank you card, according to an etiquette expert
Here's what you should write in a thank you card, according to an etiquette expert
If we learned anything from our mothers, it's that sending a thank-you card is non-negotiable. It's the polite way to recognize a friend, colleague, or family member's thoughtfulness and to show you ...
used in such phrases as thank God, thank goodness usually without a subject to express gratitude or more often only the speaker's or writer's pleasure or satisfaction in something
THANK definition: 1. to express to someone that you are pleased about or are grateful for something that they have…. Learn more.
To express gratitude to; give thanks to: He thanked her for the gift. 2. To hold responsible; credit: We can thank the parade for this traffic jam. 3. Used ironically in the future tense to express a rebuke: I'll thank you to keep quiet until the presentation is finished.
You use thank you or, in more informal English, thanks to politely acknowledge what someone has said to you, especially when they have answered your question or said something nice to you.