On 04/08/2010 04:56 p.m., Peter Hart wrote:
> Hi Malcolm
>
> According to my wife who is Russian,
>
> The First letter of a sentence is a Capital Letter.
> The First Letter of a sentence in Quotes is a Capital Letter
> People's Names are Capitalised.
> Country names and City names are Capitalised. E.g. England, Russia,
> Nottingham, New York.
> Abbreviations, Synonyms are Capitalised throughout. CNN, BBC etc.
>
Hi Malcolm
Same thing in Spanish.
Should note that people's origins (American, Spanish, British, French)
are not capitalized. Languages are not capitalized.
> One difference between English and Russian, in English we refer to
> everyone as "you" in Russia they distinguish between you (my husband)
> and You (my boss).
>
Similar thing in Spanish. We have a familiar "you" ("tu") and a formal
"you" ("usted") but neither needs be capitalized.
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