Commenting 12 years later… From the perspective of descriptive linguistics, I would say that "Thanks John" is used by native speakers, moreso "Thanks John!" When you …
Much thanks means the same thing as many thanks, but many thanks is the standard form of this phrase, and much thanks is probably merely a corruption of the concept. …
2. Either is fine. The "rules" say that the name of the person you're addressing should be set off with a comma, but that comes across as overly formal in a brief email or text …
So I'd say that "thank you very much indeed" should be reserved for extraordinary circumstances. I don't know about snobbery: snobbery isn't even the right word for what …
To be technical, since 'a lot' is singular and 'lots' is plural, the latter would imply more thanks than the former. However, I doubt many people would make this inference were you …
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