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Thank you may be the most useful word in the Englishlanguage. There are many ways to say thankyou; this section gives you the most common. Sometimes language learnersare confused about when to use the word thank and when to use thanks. It may helpto understand that thank you is shortfor I thank you, which uses the firstperson singular form of the verb to thank.In most other expressions, the word is thanks,a plural noun. There are lots of common and acceptable responses to thanks, shown in the next section。 Thanks a million。 Thanks a bunch。 Thanks a lot。 Thanks much 。 Many thanks。 Icant thank you enough。 A related expression is I owe you one, which is an informal wayto say I must repay your kindness。 Here are some examples: Thanks for all your help. I owe you one.I owe you one for loaning me your car。 When someone says Thank you, the standard response is Youre welcome. Youre most welcome is a more formal version. Veryoften, however, people use other responses to thank you, from the very formal Thepleasure was all mine! To the slangy Nosweat。 The expressions that follow are common waysof saying Youre welcome, though eachhas its specific implication, as indicated: my pleasure: means It gave me pleasure to doit | 
