"Thanks very much"

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Context: A student asks a math question and gets a good answer. Then the student expresses his gratitude: Thanks very much.

Well, "Thanks very much" sounds odd to me.

Is it natural English? Should it be "Thanks a lot" or "Thank you very much"?

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@oristarA,

It's fine. Over here we also say Thanks or Ta.

Having said that Thanks a lot is used more frequently than Thanks very much.

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@izzythepush,

Okay. Ta for replying. (Is it proper English?) Confused

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@oristarA,

To my American ears it sounds off.

Thanks a lot would be more the norm for very casual situations, and thank you very much for if you were expressing more than average gratitude to someone, or to someone in a position of respect, like a teacher.

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@oristarA,

Ta is a colloquialism.

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"Thanks very much" is seeming odd... Thanks a lot or Thank you very much looks more appropriate.

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@JohnWBrooke,

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is seeming odd

"Is seeming odd" is seeming odd. Somehow, somewhat odd.

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I say "Thanky much" to a co-worker in an informal, regional-exaggeration kind of way.

I'll also tell her, "Yes'um."

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@oristarA,

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Context: A student asks a math question and gets a good answer. Then the student expresses his gratitude: Thanks very much.

Well, "Thanks very much" sounds odd to me.

Is it natural English? Should it be "Thanks a lot" or "Thank you very much"?

That is going to sound affected. Something like

Quote:

Thanks, that helps.

would be better..

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