After the word "thanks" do you need a comma? Do I need to separate the comma with a preposition "thanks"?
The Russian language is very expressive due to the largethe number of prepositions. Of course, this is so. But these official parts of speech often cause a lot of questions, which become more difficult the more they think about. Let's think: do I need a comma before "thanks" in the first sentence? Or maybe it's worth highlighting this word with a comma on both sides? It would look quite natural. The task is not as simple as it seems.
Greek tracing paper
The etymology of the word "thank" is transparent and itsany native speaker of the Russian language will be able to explain it. "To give a blessing" - two beautiful obscheslavian words merged into one because of very frequent use. The word-forming potential of the word has also been revealed to the full: here is the noun "gratitude", and the adjective "grateful", and the corresponding adverb. On gerundance we will stop later.
Today we mean by gratitudeoral or material compensation to someone for the service rendered. For the benefit we want to give a reciprocal good. In the Orthodox tradition, the gift offering is called the "Eucharist", from the Greek eucharistein. In this eu means "good", and charistein - "bring", "give." The Greek way of education was completely transferred to the Russian language, only words for this were used, not borrowed - a vivid example of structural tracing paper.
The dual nature
Like many languages of the world, great and mighty,despite the richness of the vocabulary, has many words that coincide in writing or pronunciation. Such words are called homonyms. Compare "my house" and "my dishes". In the first case, "my" is a possessive pronoun, in the second - a verb in the imperative mood. You can distinguish them by value only from the context. Similar cases like "low in the mouth" - "wide mouth", "during the year" - "in the course of the river" are called omoforms. Here, only one of the word forms completely or partially coincides with the other part of the speech.
Omoform can be called the word "thanks" independing on its meaning and context. And yet, the many-sided word "thanks" is allocated with commas or not? It depends on what part of the speech it decided to become in one or another sentence. Let us dwell on two cases of using this word and find out before which "thanks" the comma is needed, and before what - no.
Deerpriests
A special form of the verb "to thank" means a concomitant action that has a secondary meaning. Let us demonstrate this with an example.
The children ran out onto the stage with flowers, thanks to their beloved teachers, that everyone was very touched.
The main action is indicated by a predicate ran out. The participial turn explains why the children ran to the stage and what they did at the same time. Thus, in the sentence, it fulfills the function of the circumstances of the goal and the concomitant action.
The most important point: addition teachers Here it is in the accusative case, because they thank their. This is the distinguishing sign of the gerund.
Since each gerundive turnover in Russianlanguage is allocated with commas, this turn "thanks" commas, of course, welcomes. If you understand from the context that someone is thanking someone for something, boldly select this trade with commas, thanks to the author of this article.
Pretext
To give a blessing has become for a person soa natural occupation, that gradually this word expanded the sphere of influence and into inanimate objects, which it is impossible to say "thank you". The preposition "thanks" is firmly entrenched in colloquial, journalistic and even official-business styles.
Thanks to your close workWe coped with the most complicated project in the history of the company.
It immediately catches the eye that thank notman, and the work of the whole team. The word "work" is in the dative case, since all thanks go to it. This is the hallmark of the preposition "thanks". The comma is not put in this case. Go ahead.
If there are doubts with the insidious word"Thanks" - whether you need a comma or not - try to replace it with a preposition "because of". He has a more negative connotation, but in general coincides in meaning with our main character. If the value of the sentence as a whole does not change, you do not need to put a comma.
Because of your cohesive work we coped with the most complicated project in the history of the company.
Of course, the pretext "because of" will be more appropriate for criticism, but it performs its test role well.
Similar cases
If we consider "thanks" as a pretext,it becomes obvious that it is not primitive, that is, it is produced from another part of speech (gerund). The Russian language is replete with pretexts of this type. They can be simple (contrary to, contrary to, contrary to, according to) or compound (during, in connection, to avoid). With some of them, many controversial situations can arise.
If without a comma the statement becomes ambiguous, it is simply necessary.
To avoid misunderstanding of the item by the director, changes were made to the order. - In order to avoid misunderstanding of the point, the director made changes to the order.
It is very important to understand whether the director or his employee made changes.
Also a comma-separated turn in the middle of the sentence.
The three best workers, in connection with the production need, were forced to intervene in the night shift.
In other cases, the commas must be omitted.
In connection with the production need the three best workers were forced to step on the night shift.
Foreign gratitude
It would be very strange if in other languagesthere was no such useful construction. The preposition "thanks" in many of them is also secondary. English turn thanks to comes from the verb thank - "to thank", which does not stand out by commas. It is worth noting that the turnover is used mainly with personal pronouns, that is, gratitude is expressed to a specific person.
Thanks to you we did the work on time. "Thanks to you, we did the work on time."
The German excuse dank in many ways similar to our "thanks", a comma after it is also not required. The noun after him will stand in the genitive or dative case.
Dank seinem Fleiße beendete er das Projekt. "Thanks to his diligence, he finished this project."
The Finnish variant originated from the noun ansio - "merit, reward". He is curious that he is not in front of the noun, but after him.
Teidän ansiostanne Jack Sparrow pääsi vapaaksi. - By your endeavor, Jack Sparrow is free.
A similar situation is observed in the Turkish language, where sayende is in the postposition.
Senin sayende. - It's all thanks to you.
To put or not to put
So, after a turn from "thanks to"A comma is required, if it is not an excuse, but a gerund. In the case of a preposition, in most cases there is no need to separate the comma by a comma.
However, some writers can countit is necessary to mark especially important thoughts, thanks to which the reader will better understand the emotions and the nerve of the work. Russian, although strict, but susceptible to some liberties punctuation. So do not be surprised if you see in some modern book that both before and after "thanks" is a comma.
