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Thank you for the /your information ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. thanksforyour/theinformation Threadstarter Baby-Kauri Startdate Feb25,2010 B Baby-Kauri NewMember Japanese Thisisaquestionfromoneofmycolleague,which Icouldnotanswer. Whichsoundsmorenaturaltonativespeakersindailyconversation, "Thanksforyourinformation." or"Thanksfortheinformation."? orCanbothbeOK?   Muwahid SeniorMember الغرب U.S.English Thesecondone.I'veneverheardsomeoneusethefirst,nottosayit'swrong,butyouwouldtellrightawayitsoundsstrange.   B Baby-Kauri NewMember Japanese >Muwahid Thankyouforyourreply. Isthefirstonestrangewhenitisusedinreplyingemail. ! IS"Thanksforyourreply"alsostrange? ShouldIhavesaid,"Thanksforthereply"?   Copyright SeniorMember Penang AmericanEnglish Informationisimpersonalandreplyispersonal(I'mmakingthisdistinctionup,butitseemsusefulhere).Soitsoundsalittlemorenaturaltospeakof"theinformation"but"yourreply."   B Baby-Kauri NewMember Japanese Copyright, Sorryformylateresponse! Thankyouforyourreply Ithelpedmetounderstandthesubjectwell!!!   H Happyweekend SeniorMember Canada Korean Oh.Ialwaysthoughtinformationcouldbeusedtomeantheactofgivinginformationtosomebody,thereforewecouldsay"yourinformation" Ijustlookeditupanddidn'tseeit(mydefinition)onthedictionary. Isthatreallynotused? Iguessthatmaybethereasonwecan'tsaythanksforyourinformation. Dospeakersagree?   EStjarn SeniorMember Spanish Happyweekendsaid: Oh.Ialwaysthoughtinformationcouldbeusedtomeantheactofgivinginformationtosomebody,thereforewecouldsay"yourinformation" Clicktoexpand... Information(n)canbeusedinthatsense.ThisisfromAHD:4.Theactofinformingortheconditionofbeinginformed;communicationofknowledge:Safetyinstructionsareprovidedfortheinformationofourpassengers. Thephraseforyourinformation(abbreviatedFYI)seemstoexemplifythatsense.However,whenthankingsomeoneforsomeinformation,itisnot,I'dsay,theproperone. Happyweekendsaid: Isthatreallynotused?Iguessthatmaybethereasonwecan'tsaythanksforyourinformation.Dospeakersagree? Clicktoexpand... Assuggestedinpost#2,Ithinkitmaybeused,butinspecialcontextsonly.Saytherearethreepeople–A,BandC–whoyouwanttothankforhavingcontributedinformationindifferentdegrees.Youstartbysaying,Thanksfortheinformation,A.Iappreciateit.ThenyouturntoBandCandsays,Thanksforyourinformationtoo,guys. (Real-worldexamplehere.)   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top