Do you say thank you in advance or thank you for help?
Thank you in advance for avoiding the above phrases. Just kidding. It means you are expecting help from people who are willing to help you, not that you’re commanding other people to help you. What would be rude and commanding would be “Thank you for your help”, in my opinion, because it implies the help must occur.
Why do people hate ” Thank you in advance “?
excellent! “Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter.” “Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.” In comments on another blog post this week, one writer said she hated “Thank you in advance” and another wanted to know why the phrase deserves hatred. People hate the phrase for a couple of reasons.
What’s the problem with saying Thanks in advance?
Thus by saying thanks in advance you short-change the interaction by presuming this person will do something even before they have agreed. Another problem with this phrase is it implies that your obligation to say thank you is done and you don’t need to express gratitude after the person actually does what you have asked them to do.
Do you say thank you in the end of an email?
Of course, people who write “Thank you in advance” do not intend to be presumptuous or thoughtless. On the contrary, they are trying to be polite. If you are among them, here are courteous alternatives to consider: “Thank you for considering my request.” (Just by reading to the end of your message, your reader has considered your request.)
Thank you in advance for avoiding the above phrases. Just kidding. It means you are expecting help from people who are willing to help you, not that you’re commanding other people to help you. What would be rude and commanding would be “Thank you for your help”, in my opinion, because it implies the help must occur.
Why do people hate the phrase Thank you in advance?
“Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter.” “Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.” In comments on another blog postthis week, one writer said she hated “Thank you in advance” and another wanted to know why the phrase deserves hatred. People hate the phrase for a couple of reasons. One is that it feels presumptuous.
Thus by saying thanks in advance you short-change the interaction by presuming this person will do something even before they have agreed. Another problem with this phrase is it implies that your obligation to say thank you is done and you don’t need to express gratitude after the person actually does what you have asked them to do.
Do you sign an email with thanks in advance?
There is a new trend in email writing to send someone a request and then sign it with “Thanks in advance.” or even worse “Thanks in advance!!!“.