Thanks for checking?
If I just want to thank someone for checking into something. Is it ok if i say: thanks for checking or thanks for checking in?
3 Answers
Pablo,
Yes, you can say any of the following:
Thanks for checking.
Thanks for checking into that for me.
Checking into something = some sort of research through phone, questions, or internet.
'Thanks for checking in' means the person called to let you know they were safe, at the intended destination, or can even mean checking into a hotel, airport, or conference (arriving and filling out the forms). A parent might want their teenager to "check in" if they are going somewhere that they want to know the person is safe.
Hi Pablo. In terms of the meanings of checking, checking into, and checking in, Katydew did a great job of explaining those differences and their nuances.
In general, though, have you had an opportunity to study phrasal verbs? Your understanding of English will improve a lot if you study them. Unfortunately, they're usually difficult for people who are learning English. One reason for this is that only languages that originated in Northern Europe have them, so people who have native languages from somewhere else have a hard time with them grammatically. But English has thousands of phrasal verbs, so you can see why a good understanding of them is important.
Here is the basic idea: if you have an adverb or a preposition (or both) after a simple action verb, the two (or three) words together have a very different meaning than the meanings of the individual words. (Thus, phrasal verbs are idioms or modismos).
For example: If I put the word off (which doesn't translate easily!) after turn (dar una vuelta), the two words together, turn off (apagar), have a very different meaning than the individual words. It's very important to try to think of the two (or three) words in a phrasal verb as one word, one unit, one meaning.
Another example: If I put the word up (arriba) after throw (tirar), the two words together, throw up, can mean "to throw in the direction of up," but almost always, when together, they mean (vomitar). (Don't think of it like, "There's that word up again!" But rather, in each case, "How does the word up change the meaning of the verb?")
There is a fairly short list of particles (the adverb, preposition, or both) that come after simple action verbs to make phrasal verbs. If you think of most of them like words of direction, they're easier. Here are the most common ones: Up, down, in, into, out, on, away, back, through, over, across, on, and off.
When you're studying, you can use an online phrasal verb dictionary to help you with the differences between, for example, check into and check in. (Yes, I realize they're not being used as verbs in the context of the phrases for checking into and for checking in. But the meanings come from phrasal verbs.) That way, you can look up—another phrasal verb; don't "look in the direction of up"; rather, find some information in a book or on a computer—how in with check has a different meaning than into has with check.
Here is an example of an online phrasal verb dictionary: Online Phrasal Verbs Dictionary
Try it out! (Sorry, there's another phrasal verb, this one with a pronoun object.) If you go to this site and find check, you will see the different meanings for check by, check in, check into, check off, check out, check out of, and check over. Or rather, you will see how each word of direction changes the meaning of the word check into one or more new meanings. It is a great resource.
This next site gives a good overview of the most commonly used phrasal verbs, along with brief explanations of which ones are separable and which ones are inseparable when used with pronoun objects. (John needs you to pick him up. Not: John needs you to pick up him. Mary will look after her. Not: Mary will look her after.): Commonly Used Phrasal Verbs
I hope this was helpful.
In England '' checking in'' refers exclusively to checking in at the airport or into a hotel .
We say ''Thanks mate for checking it out for me! ''
''Thanks for checking it for me! '' works fine, wherever you are.
We can say: '' Thanks for looking into it, for me..''
