In Google,
1. Thank you very much. 15,600,000
2. Thanks a lot. 5,190,000
3. Thanks very much. 2,670,000
4. Thank you a lot. 123,000
According to Practical English Usage, 2005, #4 is not acceptable in British English.
Is it acceptable in American English?
Thank you so very much for your reply!
"Thanks much" is also one of the ways to thank, but I am not sure if it is formal or informal.
Thank you much. 200,000
No. I don't consider "Thank you a lot" acceptable in American English.
CJ
Despite the hits, these sound very odd to me.
Thanks much.
Thank you much.
For Heaven's sake, who are these people who are constantly writing poor English on the Internet? How can they be so prolific, do they never sleep?
Best wishes, Clive
all domains 2,630,000/14,700,000=0.178
com 1,520,000/6,950,000=0.219
edu 106,000/646,000=0.163
ac.uk 12,000/54,900=0.218
Gutenberg.org 248/14,500=0.017
As far as this matter is concerned, only Gutenberg.org is a reliable corpus.
paco
I was talking about Thanks much / Thank you much. You are talking about Thanks very much / Thank you very much. I guess you realize that?
As far as this matter is concerned, only Gutenberg.org is a reliable corpus. I'm not familiar with this site. Why do you say this, please?
Clive