[Grammar] Is "Thank you" an Imperative Verb?

[jholo]

In the spirit of "giddyup" (i.e., "get ye up [and going]") is "thank you" in the imperative voice, as in "be recognized" or "be thought of [thunk or thank]"?

 

[emsr2d2]

No. It's a shortened form of "I thank you".

I can't see the connection between "thank you", "giddyup", "be recognised" and "be thought of".

Do you realise that "thank" has nothing to do with the word "think"? And "thunk" is not an English word.

 

[Tdol]

It would be an imperative if you were telling someone to thank another person- Anne, thank your brother.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

. . . And "thunk" is not an English word.

It's the sound my head makes on the bar after three beers: THUNK!

 

[kilroy65]

Who would've thunk it? ;-)

 

[emsr2d2]

Not a teacher.

Well, it is really hard to imagine an imperative in the phrase "Thank you". [STRIKE])[/STRIKE]
The/an imperative is used to give a direct order, to give instructions or to give [STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] friendly informal advice [STRIKE]ect[/STRIKE] etc.
Using common sense, it just cannot be an imperative!

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