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Thanks for your listening.
Dear all,
My son is going to take part in a storytelling contest. He is going to say " Thanks for your listening" at the end of his speech. However, his teacher told him it is wrong to say "Thanks for your listening." Instead, his teacher asked that he should say "Thanks for listening." I feel confused. Can anyone please tell me why it is wrong to say "Thanks for your listening"? Thank you very much!
Best regards
My son is going to take part in a storytelling contest. He is going to say " Thanks for your listening" at the end of his speech. However, his teacher told him it is wrong to say "Thanks for your listening." Instead, his teacher asked that he should say "Thanks for listening." I feel confused. Can anyone please tell me why it is wrong to say "Thanks for your listening"? Thank you very much!
Best regards
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- [nq:1]Dear all, =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDMy son is going to take part in a storytelli=ng contest.
- =EF=BF=BDHe is going to say ...
- anyone pleas=e tell me why it is wrong to say "Thanks for your listening"?
- =EF=BF=BDThank you very much!
- Best regards[/nq] I don't believe it's wrong.
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[nq:1]Dear all, =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDMy son is going to take part in a storytelli=ng contest. =EF=BF=BDHe is going to say ... anyone pleas=e tell me why it is wrong to say "Thanks for your listening"? =EF=BF=BDThank you very much! Best regards[/nq]
I don't believe it's wrong. Just redundant, but it's the kind of redundancy made for emphasis, which is excusable IMO.
I don't believe it's wrong. Just redundant, but it's the kind of redundancy made for emphasis, which is excusable IMO.
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[nq:1]Dear all, My son is going to take part in a storytelling contest. He is going to say " Thanks ... confused. Can anyone please tell me why it is wrong to say "Thanks for your listening"? Thank you very much![/nq]
"Your listening" would be grammatically correct, but convention rather than grammar would say that "Thanks for listening" would be expected.
Logic doesn't always rule th
"Your listening" would be grammatically correct, but convention rather than grammar would say that "Thanks for listening" would be expected.
Logic doesn't always rule th
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[nq:1]Dear all, My son is going to take part in a storytelling contest. He is going to say " Thanks ... confused. Can anyone please tell me why it is wrong to say "Thanks for your listening"? Thank you very much![/nq]
I don't think it's wrong, but "Thanks for listening" is the idiomatic version.
(I think it has to do with the redundancy that Arcadian Rises noted: "Thanks for" is informal;
I don't think it's wrong, but "Thanks for listening" is the idiomatic version.
(I think it has to do with the redundancy that Arcadian Rises noted: "Thanks for" is informal;
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[nq:1]On 08 Jan 2009, wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]Dear all, My son is going to take part in ... to say "Thanks for your listening"? Thank you very much![/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think it's wrong, but "Thanks for listening" is the idiomatic version. (I think it has to do with ... the formal form would replace "Thanks for" with "Thank you for"; and "Thank you for your listening" sounds unidiomatically redund
[nq:2]Dear all, My son is going to take part in ... to say "Thanks for your listening"? Thank you very much![/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think it's wrong, but "Thanks for listening" is the idiomatic version. (I think it has to do with ... the formal form would replace "Thanks for" with "Thank you for"; and "Thank you for your listening" sounds unidiomatically redund
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[nq:2]On 08 Jan 2009, wrote I don't think it's wrong, ... for"; and "Thank you for your listening" sounds unidiomatically redundant.)[/nq]
[nq:1]I would go further. It may not be grammatically wrong (if "listening" is a gerund), but it is uncomfortable and I'm sure it would be considered wrong by most native speakers.[/nq]
"Thank you for listening" would also be perfectly idiomatic (and, a
[nq:1]I would go further. It may not be grammatically wrong (if "listening" is a gerund), but it is uncomfortable and I'm sure it would be considered wrong by most native speakers.[/nq]
"Thank you for listening" would also be perfectly idiomatic (and, a
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[nq:2]On 08 Jan 2009, wrote I don't think it's wrong, ... for"; and "Thank you for your listening" sounds unidiomatically redundant.)[/nq]
[nq:1]I would go further. It may not be grammatically wrong (if "listening" is a gerund), but it is uncomfortable and I'm sure it would be considered wrong by most native speakers.[/nq]
As already stated, "Thanks for your listening" is not grammatically
[nq:1]I would go further. It may not be grammatically wrong (if "listening" is a gerund), but it is uncomfortable and I'm sure it would be considered wrong by most native speakers.[/nq]
As already stated, "Thanks for your listening" is not grammatically
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[nq:1]As already stated, "Thanks for your listening" is not grammatically wrong, but a native English speaker would say "Thanks (or "Thank you") for listening". However, you WOULD say "Thanks for your attention".[/nq]
Yes. I had thought of the "attention" variant but decided not to risk mentioning it. The nearest grammatical equivalent to "Thanks for listening" would appear to be "Thanks for a
Yes. I had thought of the "attention" variant but decided not to risk mentioning it. The nearest grammatical equivalent to "Thanks for listening" would appear to be "Thanks for a
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[nq:2]Dear all, My son is going to take part in ... to say "Thanks for your listening"? Thank you very much![/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think it's wrong, but "Thanks for listening" is the idiomatic version. (I think it has to do with ... the formal form would replace "Thanks for" with "Thank you for"; and "Thank you for your listening" sounds unidiomatically redundant.)[/nq]
The main thing is that
[nq:1]I don't think it's wrong, but "Thanks for listening" is the idiomatic version. (I think it has to do with ... the formal form would replace "Thanks for" with "Thank you for"; and "Thank you for your listening" sounds unidiomatically redundant.)[/nq]
The main thing is that
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[nq:1]On 08 Jan 2009, wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]Dear all, My son is going to take part in ... to say "Thanks for your listening"? Thank you very much![/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think it's wrong, but "Thanks for listening" is the idiomatic version. (I think it has to do with ... the formal form would replace "Thanks for" with "Thank you for"; and "Thank you for your listening" sounds unidiomatically redund
[nq:2]Dear all, My son is going to take part in ... to say "Thanks for your listening"? Thank you very much![/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think it's wrong, but "Thanks for listening" is the idiomatic version. (I think it has to do with ... the formal form would replace "Thanks for" with "Thank you for"; and "Thank you for your listening" sounds unidiomatically redund
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[nq:2]On 08 Jan 2009, wrote I don't think it's wrong, but "Thanks for listening" is the idiomatic version.[/nq]
[nq:1]But "Thank you for listening" sounds fine. The difference is not between Thanks and Thank you. It's just undiomatic. Whether ... his son. Other than the email address is there anything to mark the OP as not a native English speaker?[/nq]
No.
[nq:1]Or the son.Yes. "Thank
[nq:1]But "Thank you for listening" sounds fine. The difference is not between Thanks and Thank you. It's just undiomatic. Whether ... his son. Other than the email address is there anything to mark the OP as not a native English speaker?[/nq]
No.
[nq:1]Or the son.Yes. "Thank
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