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What should we say in reply to a person who welcomes us to a particular place, for example one says:

You are welcome to ABC company.

or

I welcome you to our home.

or

Welcome Mr. Abc to this party.

Would "Thank you!" be the reply?

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    Yes; thank you and thanks are the most common and accepted responses in these scenarios. – Dan Bron Aug 11 '14 at 11:28
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    Or you could give them a quizzical look and say "You talk funny." In your first example, that construction would almost never be used unless you were offering someone something you probably didn't want. In the second you would sound stilted beyond belief. And in the third, you're being ordered to do something, so no thanks would be in order. – Robusto Aug 11 '14 at 11:37
  • @Robusto lol you are just Robust – beginer Aug 11 '14 at 12:07
  • "You talk funnily." maybe @Robusto? xD – Neeku Aug 11 '14 at 13:52
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    @Neeku: Almost nobody ever says that in conversation. And those who do sound funny when they do say that. – Robusto Aug 11 '14 at 14:06
  • Right @Robusto, but we both agree that "funny" is an adjective, while in that sentence, if we want to mention the manner of the verb, we must use an adverb, "funnily". Grammatical vs. common use. :-/ – Neeku Aug 11 '14 at 14:09
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    @Neeku: That is not the point. What I said was an example of a frozen trope, which means ordinary grammaar rules are suspended. – Robusto Aug 11 '14 at 14:25
  • *grammar (damn typos) – Robusto Aug 11 '14 at 14:42
  • @Robusto: Curiously (to me, anyway) OED doesn't explicitly recognise adverbial "funny" (they only apply the adv category to "funnily"). It's not obvious why they explicitly list, say, "loud" or "quick" as potentially adverbial usages, but not "funny". "He talks funny/loud/quick/funnily/loudly/quickly" are all similar, to me. – FumbleFingers Aug 11 '14 at 17:22
  • @Fumble: The same for weird, strange, etc. – Robusto Aug 11 '14 at 20:23
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    Also, the same applies to other verbs, like act. "You're acting strange." – Robusto Aug 11 '14 at 20:40
  • @Robusto: Or indeed, "Don't talk daft!". I never heard anyone use the *-ly* form on that one either. There's a certain amount of choice with loud, quick, strange, but apparently not with funny, daft. – FumbleFingers Aug 11 '14 at 21:37
  • @Fumble: Check Kosmonaut's answer regarding adjective/adverb substitution. I think that about nails it. – Robusto Aug 30 '14 at 13:59
  • @Robusto: That's certainly highly relevant, but it doesn't say anything about why some adjectival forms seem to be actually required in "adverbial" contexts. Another one being "Granddad always acts silly* with the toddlers", where I can't imagine anyone using sillily* (a "word" which my Google Chrome browser is highly suspicious of! :) – FumbleFingers Aug 30 '14 at 14:11
  • @Fumble: Well, in some cases, the suspected adverb is really an adjective. "Your car looks red" is a pretty exact parallel to "Granddad acts silly" in my view. You would never say "Your car looks redly," nor would you say "Grandpa acts sillily." This area still looks kind of gray (not "grayly") to me. – Robusto Aug 30 '14 at 14:18
  • @Robusto: oic. Yeah, the specific verb may be highly relevant. But I think look, seem, appear, etc. are well and truly on one side of a dividing line that act rather more "straddles". I'm okay with either form in Grandpa was acting strange/strangely, but Grandpa was looking strangely doesn't work for me unless I add something like *...at me* to force the look = peer rather than look = appear** interpretation. – FumbleFingers Aug 30 '14 at 14:50

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In the first two instances "Thank you" would be fine. In the third, "Hi, Mr. Abe" or applause.

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