Thanks for yours overnight

[Anonymous]

Hi, this is a tricky one for me...

Can I say "Thanks for yours overnight" to thank someone for having sent me an email, say if a letter was sent via email attachment ?

Thanks,
D. Trovatto

 

[Red5]

Hello, and welcome!

"Thanks for yours overnight" is incorrect. I would say one of the following:

Thanks for your email.

Thanks for your letter.

Thanks for the letter you sent via email.

etc.

 

[dtrovatto]

Different context: can I say "Thanks for yours overnight" to someone who has spent the previous night with me? Is that a British expression?

 

[Red5]

I would use something like:

Thanks for staying overnight last night, or simply Thanks for staying last night

Thanks for yours overnight is not an expression we'd use at all, in any situation.

Here's a definition for "overnight"...

o·ver·night

adj.
1. Lasting for, extending over, or remaining during a night: an overnight trip; an overnight guest.
2. For use over a single night or for a short journey: overnight supplies.
3. Mailed for guaranteed delivery on the next day: an overnight package.
4. Happening as if in a single night; sudden: an overnight success.

adv.
1. During or for the length of the night: Let the meat marinate overnight.
2. In or as if in the course of one night; suddenly: became a sensation overnight.

n.
An overnight stay or trip.

intr.v., -night·ed, -night·ing, -nights. (o'vər-nit')
To spend the night: overnighting at a country inn.


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