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Ⅳ Thankyou Note Etiquette（第1页）

Ⅳ。Thank-youe

Athank-youifts。Itisagoodmaeandpostathank-youoyourhostafteryouhavebeeinsomeohepersonwhohelpedyouiime。It’sabsolutelysiderabletosendathank-youhosewhotookthetimetoshowyouanadnessinalllikelihood。Ofighthavesaid“thankyou”inpersomeansmuchmorewheimesittingdowntowritesomewordstoexpressyratitude。

Athank-youeudeaiift，athoughtfulexpressionoract。Butmanypeoplemaybeihepotentialformalityofthisthought。Thethoughtthattheerfectuxietythatthenotesare。Relax!Justrememberthataeiseisalwaysfarbetterthaewhieverwritten。

Thank-younotesshouldbesentoutinatimelymanner。Normally，twoweeksafterregthegiftisideal;ohisstillacceptable，butanythihatisregardedasbadetiquette。

&estathank-you’sbestifthewordsyouihepany。Ofcourseitisacceptabletopurchaseacardre-writtenthank-youversefromthestationeryandsimplyfillinAuntMary’sopandsyourowhebottom。Butthesthtcardsareall，stationery，blanknotecardsorevenpostcardsareperfectfandsehank-you’s。Onlythosehavingenoughroomtowriteyhtaefullydesignedwilldofine。

Itisalsobesttowriteyourthank-younotesinlonghaypingastandardthank-youteronyourputertobepriifyouwaobepersathank-youonlyimpersonal，it’staceyouhavetotypeoutyourthank-youheowarrants，tryyourbesttomakeyournoteaspersonalasyou。Mostpeopletellwhenthey’vereceivedaformletter。

It’shardtoknoriteinyourifyoureceivedatrulyii，thenoteshouldwriteitself。“Thankyourforthenotebook”isagreatopedon’tstopthere。Talkalittlemoreaboutthenotebook。Wasitbeautiful?Wasitusefulwheakingclasseshomework?Andsoon。

Athank-younoteshouldbenidshortinsteadandloellAuntMaryhowmuchyoulikedthenotebookandhowmuiebroughtyou，youaddaliwolettihatyforwardtoseeingheragaiure。“I’mlookingforwardtoseeingyouatUom’sbarbeextmonth。”Thiswouldsuffidyoucloseyourhahankyou—“Thanksagain”or“Thankyouagain。”Athank-younoteshouldneverfotheretofthegift。Thisisodetailyourclassortravel。

You’dbetterrefraiioofthemoneyifyoureceiveagiftofmo’sbesttosay“Thanksfey”ratherthan“Thankymeonehundreddollars。”Iemiziails，“Iusedthemoobuyanailclipper，threepairsofsodapairofshoes，”tellAuntMarythemoneywilleinhandyonafutureshoppingex，“Iplanonusingyifttopureiesotothesupermarket。”

Ifyourthank-youoyourhostforaretweekendvisit，justletyourhostknowthatyouhadawoimeandhowmuchyouappreciatedhisherhospitality。“Thankyouverymuchforyourhospitality。Ienjoyedmyvisitimmehoughyoudidn’thaveawoime，thiswouldmomenttosaystothanksomeoneforadifferentad，too，shouldbementioned。“Allofyourhelpinassistingustosetupthepartyisgreatlyappreciated。”Sweet，shorta。

Whattochoosetocloseyouroyou。IfAuntMaryisaspecialpersonyoucloseyourhsomethinglike，“Love，Mike”or“Warmly，”or“Fondly，”anythingthatveystheaffeyoufeelforherisfieisforsomeoowhomyou’renotasclose，“Bestregards”workswell。

Ittakesoimeorefforttoseeshowingyourappredgratitude。Buttheellthereceiverthathishergiftoradhingtoyouandthatyhtosay“thankyou”。Wouldhesame?

Weprovidesomesimpleguidestodo’sanddon’tsofthank-younotesiorelievesomeahissubjeightbepuzzledoeathank-younote。Hererovideaohelpyoustart。Butremember，thoughwe’reprovidingaformula，you’llopersoomakeitmeaningfultotheret。

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■TheDo’sofThank-youNotes

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Yournotesmaybesentoninformalstatiofthank-younoteswhierallysentonformalstationery。

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