Hello Tony, > As for Wife, it's like Uncle, Aunt, Brother or Sister, Son or Daughter, I > was always told they should be capitalised... Don't ask me why though.
I've done a bit of searching and found this about capitalisation rules: http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/c/capitalization.html The one that applies to this case says: "Family relationship names when they precede a name or are used in place of person's name, especially in direct address". So, the way I understand it you should write "Hi Wife!" but not "my Wife" as you wrote and which caught my attention. I have also looked here: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0771333.html and here: http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/capital.asp and the same rule doesn't appear, or at least exactly the same. So, I guess it may depend on what 'flavour' of English you are writing. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v3.0.9.5 Return (pre-beta) on Windows 2000 5.0 Service Pack 4 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.9.5 Return | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
