joham
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This sentence of 'Many thanks, in advance, for your help' is used by many Chinese students of English because in Chinese culture it is much more polite that we thank someone in advance they do something to help us. But from this forum I've learned that thanking someone in advance for their help is annoying. Strangely enough, this sentence is included in the entry of ADVANCE in LONGMAN DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH. Could I ask in what context we could use it without offending the person who is to help us?
http://www.ldoce-online.cn/dictionary/advance_1
http://www.ldoce-online.cn/dictionary/advance_1