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Bookmark or Share- Can "No thanks" be used in place of "No need to say thanks"?A colleague did some work for me (which was his job anyway) and when I said thanks, he said "no thanks". I was puzzled, and asked why he said that. He told me that an American once told him that saying "no thanks" is the same as saying "no need to say thanks", for situations where a person is thanked for doing his job.
- Why is there no comma after "no" in "thanks, but no thanks"?Thanks, but I have no thanks for you; Thanks, but I'm not thankful for the offer. Both sounds rather rude, but I understand it's not the meaning. If however one uses a second comma: Thanks, but no, thanks, the correct implementation is revealed: Thanks, but no, I refuse the offer; thank you once again.
- Is there a polite alternative to "No thanks, I'm full"?Many of the best terms suggested here (Replete, Sated, etc) are considered rather formal. It's perfectly acceptable in most circles to say, "Thanks, I'm full." As you're uncomfortable with this term, some simple alternatives such as "I'm fine, thanks." and "No thank you, I couldn't eat another bite."
- Is it acceptable to drop the comma in "Thanks, John"?Commenting 12 years later… From the perspective of descriptive linguistics, I would say that "Thanks John" is used by native speakers, moreso "Thanks John!" When you use it, don't use a comma if in that context you wouldn't say it that way—if there would be no pause between "thanks" and "John", otherwise use a comma if there would be a pause.
- politeness - What does "No Thanks!" mean? - English Language & Usage ..."No, Thanks" and "No Thanks!" mean different things, depending on the prosody. The stress and intonation will convey non-verbal information. For example, no thanks (unstressed, "no" on a high tone and "thanks" on a low tone, equal duration for both words) will indicate a polite decline of the offer of cookies.
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