English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
THE GRAMMAR OF GRATITUDE
My ~thanks goes~ to everyone who celebrated me yesterday (nonstandard).
My thanks go to everyone who celebrated me yesterday (standard).
Thank you for the good wishes and gifts; I ~appreciate~ (nonstandard).
Thank you for the good wishes and gifts; I appreciate them (standard). Note that the verb, “appreciate” is primarily a transitive verb and should be followed by a noun or a pronoun.
I thank everyone who ~wined and dined with~ me yesterday (nonstandard).
I thank everyone who wined and dined me yesterday (standard).
GAB
