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Bookmark or Share- What non-religious expressions can I use instead of "Thank God"?It is intentionally meant to look/sound similar to "Thank God" (ie "God" vs "Goodness"), but as to explicitly not mention "God". This is an example of " minced oath " A minced oath is a euphemistic expression formed by misspelling, mispronouncing, or replacing a part of a profane, blasphemous, or taboo term to reduce the original term's ...
- "Thank God" vs "Thanks God" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeThank God for His grace and mercy on […]. Thanks God for His grace and mercy on […]. The person is expressing his/her thankfulness to God. Thank God seems better, but it sounds a bit like lucky. I could rephrase it as "Thanks be to God for […]." which is the intended meaning. I am just looking for the correct short way to say that.
- capitalization - When should the word "God" be capitalized? - English ...72 god-awful 71 godawful 28 God-awful 10 Godawful 7 god awful 7 God awful Overall, the hyphenated uncapitalized and unspaced uncapitalized forms are about equally common. The hyphenated capitalized form was the next most common, but significantly less common, followed by other rare variants.
- What's the correct use of a comma when thanking someone?2. Either is fine. The "rules" say that the name of the person you're addressing should be set off with a comma, but that comes across as overly formal in a brief email or text message, unless the comma is needed to disambiguate the sentence. (Consider the slightly longer sentences "Let's eat, Grandma" and "Let's eat Grandma".)
- "Thanks" or "thank you"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange32. They're both correct. "Thanks" is slightly more informal, but otherwise, they both mean the same, a statement of gratitude. Although they're both correct, they have a difference. "Thanks" is a noun, and can be used like this: Give James my thanks./. I give you my thanks. (when speaking face to face)
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