How can I use 下さる / いただく in these sentences? I want to thank someone for checking on the progress of my application. Are the following sentences correct? 申請を確認して下さって、ありがとうございます。 申請を確認していただき、ありがとうございま

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How can I use 下さる / いただく in these sentences? I want to thank someone for checking on the progress of my application. Are the following sentences correct? 申請を確認して下さって、ありがとうございます。申請を確認していただき、ありがとうございます。申請を確認していただいて、ありがとうございます。 Thank you for checking on the progress of my application. Is there a better way to phrase it? Also which form is better for politeness: 下さる or いただく? Thanks.

Sep 2, 2015 9:02 PM

Answers · 3

Those are basically the same meaning and even I don't differentiate those for a business email. But here are just my opinion about this. 1) 申請を確認していただき、ありがとうございます。 This sounds like you asked someone at first. She/He has done it like you asked them. And you appreciate it. 2) 申請を確認していただいて、ありがとうございます。 99.9% same meaning as the first one. But this sounds 0.1% more casual. 3) 申請を確認して下さって、ありがとうございます。 This sounds like he/she did something for you even though you didn't ask anything to them in advance. Like I told you, you don't have to think the difference among them. All those are very polite and formal. And I would say "申請状況を確認して下さり、ありがとうございました。"

September 3, 2015

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