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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
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Help me settle this. My friend says that the phrase "thank you much" is grammatically correct and colloquially sound.
I say that people who say "thank you much" should be dragged into soccer stadiums, raped, and shot.
Who's right?
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SevereFlame
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You are. It's "thank you very much" not "thank you much"
And only Apu should say that anyway.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
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Well considering that much is a quantitative word the phrase Thank you much does not make sense in my eyes. How much?
It makes as much sense as saying Thank you very! 
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Hacker
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what about thank you muchly? or am i the only one who has heard that
Syd you are right by the way
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I would say it is no worse grammatically than "thank you very much" is. It just sounds weirder.
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DarknessDeku
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E hat gammer. T suks bdd.
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Douche McCallister
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| hacker wrote: |
| what about thank you muchly? or am i the only one who has heard that |
I'm pretty sure what ever 1st-3rd grader said that to you has yet to learn about proper adverb usage. Much = Much, no matter how its used. Happy Grammar day!
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Hacker
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| Douche McCallister wrote: |
| hacker wrote: |
| what about thank you muchly? or am i the only one who has heard that |
I'm pretty sure whatever 1st-3rd grader said that to you has yet to learn about proper adverb usage. Much = Much, no matter how its used. Happy Grammar day! |
1-3 grader said that to you?
oh and happy grammer day
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
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Thank you very much.
Verb Pronoun Adverb Adjective
Grammatically correct.
Colloquially sound.
Thank you much.
Verb Pronoun Adjective
Grammatically correct.
NOT colloquially sound. I am not sure why it isn't colloquially acceptable, but it just sounds retarded and in America you shouldn't say it.
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Douche McCallister
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| hacker wrote: |
| Douche McCallister wrote: |
| hacker wrote: |
| what about thank you muchly? or am i the only one who has heard that |
I'm pretty sure whatever 1st-3rd grader said that to you has yet to learn about proper adverb usage. Much = Much, no matter how its used. Happy Grammar day! |
1-3 grader said that to you?
oh and happy grammer day |
I have no idea what your talking about...fucking kids...
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DoctorOrpheus
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| hacker wrote: |
| oh and happy grammer day |
This is why, occasionally, I knock myself unconscious so I can avoid coming to terms with the reality of how far our society has fallen in terms of education.
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MOGHARR
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I think grammar is a pretty cool guy. eh spells things right and doesn't afraid of anything.
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I've never heard anyone say "Thank you much," and if I do, I shall slap them.
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MOGHARR
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Saying "Thank you much" makes you sound like an idiot. However, saying "Thanks much" is just a cool Tom Nook impression.
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thank you much sounds retarded. it doesnt flow well, and it only takes half a second to add the word 'very' to make it have a better ring.
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SoldierHawk
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I'm with Douche. Technically "thank you much" is correct, but its not a phrase that gets used often (except, apparently, by people who piss Syd off, and my mother ).
In the same way, I suppose "I like it much" would also be technically correct, but you almost never hear it used without adding a "so" onto it.
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Ross Rifle
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I say thank you muchly to sound like an idiot.
Whenever I hear 'thank you much', it makes me think of this specific person I hate who used to say that. So I hate that saying.
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douche, using your mod powers for personal gain. that gain being not looking like a moron 
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Ba'al
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"Thank you much", sounds like something a half-assed Yoda would say. So yeah, no dice.
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tuddy
Title: can't defeat AirMan
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| hacker wrote: |
| what about thank you muchly? |
I use that sometimes, but never in a serious conversation. Usually when somebody sends me the link to a rom, or mp3 or whatever. But normally, I'll just say "thanks a lot" or "thank you very much", because I know saying "thank you muchly" in real life would make me look like a child, or mentally disabled... or like a mentally disabled child.
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GPFontaine
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| douche, using your mod powers for personal gain. that gain being not looking like a moron |
Grammatically correct: No
Colloquially sound: No
Soccer stadium for you!
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DarknessDeku
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Much
1 a: great in quantity, amount, extent, or degree <there is much truth in what you say> <taken too much time> b: great in importance or significance <nothing much happened>2obsolete : many in number3: more than is expected or acceptable : more than enough <the large pizza is a bit much for one person>
"Thank you much" works.
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GPFontaine
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| DarknessDeku wrote: |
Much
1 a: great in quantity, amount, extent, or degree <there is much truth in what you say> <taken too much time> b: great in importance or significance <nothing much happened>2obsolete : many in number3: more than is expected or acceptable : more than enough <the large pizza is a bit much for one person>
"Thank you much" works. |
Grammatically but not colloquially. It doesn't sound right and you are on your way to a soccer stadium too.
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tuddy
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| GPFontaine wrote: |
| DarknessDeku wrote: |
Much
1 a: great in quantity, amount, extent, or degree <there is much truth in what you say> <taken too much time> b: great in importance or significance <nothing much happened>2obsolete : many in number3: more than is expected or acceptable : more than enough <the large pizza is a bit much for one person>
"Thank you much" works. |
Grammatically but not colloquially. It doesn't sound right and you are on your way to a soccer stadium too. |
I agree. Just because a sentence is gramatically correct, that doesn't stop you from sounding retarded when you say it.
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Greg the White
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"Thank you much" sounds bad because it doesn't describe how much "much" is. Much is a measurement of size that needs an article or number before it to describe its size, otherwise it's a noun instead of a modifier. It'd be like saying "He doesn't have ounce of dignity" instead of "an ounce."
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