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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Comma or Period to Follow?

Please settle this at-work dispute. If the words 'Thanks' and 'Thank you' are used at the end of a memorandum or a letter, are they followed by a comma or a period?


James,


I received your requisition...


Thanks,


Barbara


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James,


I received your requisition...


Thank you,


Barbara


I say that the comma after 'Thanks' and 'Thank you' is utterly wrong in every way. They should be followed by a period instead. Do you agree?


Thank you.
  

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Mmm-hmm. You're a spring chicken.
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'Thank you', followed by a comma in this sense, looks mondo bizarro, no?
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Yeah, but in the absence of a person's name after 'Thanks' and 'Thank you', we wouldn't use one, agreed? I see this a lot and believe this is an egregious blunder committed on behalf of the writer.

Example:

Joe,

We received your request...

Thanks,

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If a person's name doesn't follow 'Thanks' and 'Thank you', then we'd use the period
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victoYeah, but in the absence of a person's name after 'Thanks' and 'Thank you', we wouldn't use one, agreed?
Agreed. That’s just wrong.
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