Thanking you in anticipation/Is full stop needed?

Yes, if that is what the author of the question wants to know. No, if it is not.

Hi Contrex

Many thanks for your reply.

Could you please elaborate on your reply as I cannot get what you are telling me?

My apologies for being slow in undersanding.

Many thanks again.

You posted thus:



Your original post is ambiguous. It looks as if you quoted sentence (a) and your question for which you require an answer is sentence (b).

Sentence (a) is itself a question. If the person who wrote that question placed a full stop after the word (not "work") "anticipation", then it forms part of the question to be answered, if not, then the question is solely about the phrase "Thanking you in anticipation".

You can end a letter with "Thanking you in anticipation" but you should use a comma not a full stop.

Thanking you in anticipation,

Yours sincerely


J.P Smith

Thanks, Contrex.

thanking you in anticipation for doing the needful,