Once again means “one more time” or “again”. The phrase stresses that something has happened before. That's why it sounds warm in thanks: Thank you once again. In a complaint, the same emphasis becomes a reproach: Once again, the delivery is late, and it's not the first time.
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Once again, + sentence; sentence + once again; thank you once again
- Thank you once again for showing me around the office on my first day.
- Once again, the bus didn't come, so I walked to the station in the rain.
- Our school won the regional quiz once again this year.
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First versionThank you once more time for your help with the move.
RevisionThank you once again for your help with the move.
Two correct phrases have got stuck together here: once more and one more time. People don't say once more time. In thanks, once again sounds most natural, and once more would also work.
Plain again usually comes at the end and sounds neutral: The bus is late again. Once again puts more weight on the repetition and often opens the sentence: Once again, the bus is late. Here you can already hear the frustration.
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This is the third time you've forgotten my birthday. ___, you've let me down.
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Once again — It's the third time, and the speaker stresses the repetition as a reproach: once again. Once more time is a mix of once more and one more time, and it isn't English.
Write a short email to a colleague who helped you. Say what exactly they helped with and thank them once again.
Hi Mark, thank you once again for fixing the projector before my presentation this morning.
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