Okay, quick question to the grammar geeks on my FList:

[out_there]

*hugs the grammar geeks* Because you're sexy in an articulate way.

When you address a letter "Dear sir/madam", should the "sir" be capitalised?

People keep saying it should, and yet to me, it feels that it shouldn't. It's not a proper name (it's more like a terminally un-capitalised pronoun). Am I looking at this from the wrong light? Is it a title and therefore should always be capitalised?

Comments

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

I was going to say 'because I say so', but all of the above will do.

Re:

[out-there.livejournal.com]

Well, that's good, because that answer, always makes me go "Why?"

(Heh. And, suddenly I'm remembering a childhood book, all full of why questions, and the answer was always "Because God made it so." That's a line of reasoning I don't accept when it comes to grammar. *g*)