Capital letters.
Xtlan
letter of word "You" capitalized? Especially within expressions like above
written, an example: "Would You mind", "can I hel You", etc.
Bests,
Xtlan.
Pat Durkin
"Xtlan" <xt...@interia.usun-to.pl> wrote in message
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> Could You tell me, if there is gramatically and correctly to use first
> letter of word "You" capitalized? Especially within expressions like above
> written, an example: "Would You mind", "can I hel You", etc.
It is strange, yet certainly on topic, that you should ask this question at
exactly this period of time.
In a recent conversation there was a discussion of the use of the capital
"I" for the personal pronoun, while capitalization of "you, and your"
follows the standard rules . The "I" is the only personal pronoun that is
capitalized in mid-sentence in normal discussions.
In the use of prayer, however, all pronoun references to the deity are
capitalized, no matter where they appear in a sentence. Thus, in a prayer,
you might capitalize "You, Thee, Thy, Your, He, His, Him". Of course, these
are in the old and still standard style. Some people, thinking of God as a
female, would capitalize "She and Her". I speak as one from the
English-speaking tradition (Christian and Jewish, but I don't know how the
Jews use the personal address when writing in Hebrew). I suspect that usage
in French, Spanish, Italian and German (and other western European languages
might vary.) However, you could inquire on other newsgroups to compare.
Don Phillipson
news:cuq2c0$8n1$1...@news.onet.pl...
> Could You tell me, if there is gramatically and correctly to use first
> letter of word "You" capitalized? Especially within expressions like above
> written, an example: "Would You mind", "can I hel You", etc.
This topic counts as "style" rather than grammar
i.e. is documented in style books (Chicago Style
Book, Associated Press Style Book etc.) English
personal pronouns are punctuated the same way
as other words i.e. are printed in lower case everywhere
except at the beginning of a sentence, where they
are capitalized -- with one notable exception: the
first person pronoun I is always capitalized.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
Odysseus
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>
> In the use of prayer, however, all pronoun references to the deity are
> capitalized, no matter where they appear in a sentence. Thus, in a prayer,
> you might capitalize "You, Thee, Thy, Your, He, His, Him". Of course, these
> are in the old and still standard style. Some people, thinking of God as a
> female, would capitalize "She and Her". I speak as one from the
> English-speaking tradition (Christian and Jewish, but I don't know how the
> Jews use the personal address when writing in Hebrew). I suspect that usage
> in French, Spanish, Italian and German (and other western European languages
> might vary.) However, you could inquire on other newsgroups to compare.
Hebrew letters are all from the same "case", so I don't think the
question arises there. In manuscripts of the Torah certain words or
letters (not necessarily referring directly to God) are traditionally
made wide or "bold", I believe, but these would probably be better
described as "rubricated" (or "highlighted") than as "capitalized".
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Odysseus