Ty stands for thank you. Friends and acquaintances use it in texts to say thanks for small things, like a link, a photo or a quick reply. To a teacher, colleague or client, write thank you in full; out loud and in IELTS Speaking, say thanks or thank you, and abbreviations have no place in an essay.
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ty; ty for + noun/-ing; tysm (thank you so much); reply: yw / np
- ty for the notes, I would've been totally lost in the lecture
- just got your parcel, tysm, the scarf is perfect
- ty for waiting, the bus was twenty minutes late
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First versionHi Professor Lee, ty for checking my essay draft.
RevisionHi Professor Lee, thank you for checking my essay draft.
A message to a teacher is polite correspondence, and ty comes from chats, so it looks careless there, as if you couldn't spare the time to say thanks properly. Only ty was replaced with the full thank you.
Two letters, sm, turn ty into tysm, thank you so much: tysm for the lift, you're a lifesaver! A bare ty for serious help can seem curt. Ty and thx mean the same: one shortens thank you, the other thanks. The replies are yw, you're welcome, or np, no problem.
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Mark sent me the photos from our trip, so I replied: ___, they look amazing!
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ty — Mark sent the photos, so you're the one thanking him: ty. Yw, you're welcome, is a reply to someone else's thanks, and Mark didn't thank you.
A friend helped you with your studies or work. Write them a message with ty: say what you're thanking them for and how the help was useful.
ty for explaining the formulas yesterday, I passed the maths test this morning!
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