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08-19-2008, 06:32 AM #15
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Thanked: 131This initially narked me, but I let it slip. But Hoopers post brought it up again. You see i'm a stickler for grammar at times. So I did a bit of research on this (an American) grammar site.
'Thank you' is a verb. Xman said 'thank you all' so the thank you in question was a verb.
'Thankyou' is a noun. Had xman said 'many thankyous to you all' that too would have been correct.
'Thank-you' is a hyphenated compound noun. Had xman said 'A thank-you to all' then that too would have been correct since in that usage it would have been a noun.
'A thank-you note' IS correct since a thank-you note is a noun.
However, in his original usage he used it as a verb and not as an adjective, so only the first form is correct.
"Then again, i'm a UKnian"
NB: In checking my grammar in this post the only thing the SITES spell-checker doesn't like is 'thankyou'