Babyblu9343  +  10250 Wed, 08 Oct 03 08:05 PM I have a couple of questions about the grammer in a business letter I had to write for an English class. The first question is wether I should capitalize international sales manager and the second is if there should be a comma after Reid in the following example. EX-My name is Rachel Reid, and I am the international sales manager for...... Please help me. Thanks!! Babyblu9343 Joined on Wed, Oct 8 2003 New Member 01 Commas, Business Letters

	wumanfu  +  10365 Thu, 09 Oct 03 06:50 PM Hi, you said I have a couple of questions about the grammer in a business letter I had to write for an English class. The first question is wether I should capitalize international sales manager and the second is if there should be a comma after Reid in the following example. EX-My name is Rachel Reid, and I am the international sales manager for...... Please help me. Thanks!! Answer This sentence has two main clauses. This is the comma rule A comma separates main clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction, such as and, but, or, nor, or so. She knew very little about the new system, and he volunteered nothing. international sales manager is not capitalised because it is separated from Rachel’s name by a comma that functions to divide the first clause from the second. wumanfu Joined on Wed, Sep 24 2003 This member has left English Forums. Please do not expect a reply to existing posts. Full Member 150 For the Titanic, an iceberg, for sanity, spam. Commas, Business Letters, Clauses

	wumanfu  +  10376 Thu, 09 Oct 03 10:05 PM Hi, sorry, I made an error. I'm pretty sure that International Sales Manager should use capital letters because the letter goes on to say where she works. Hope I caught you in time! wumanfu Capital Letters

	advoca  +  10414 Fri, 10 Oct 03 04:26 AM There is often confusion when to use capital letters in writing and correspondence. A simple rule is to use capital letter whenyou want to be specific. For example, in England there is a government position called the Foreign Secretary. He might have a secretary to help him, and this secretary might be foreign. Therefore, the Foreign Secretary has a foreign secretary. There are many sales managers. But there is ony one Sales Manager. My name is Rachel Reid, and I am the International Sales Manager. (I am the manager of international sales.) advoca Joined on Fri, Oct 10 2003 New Member 28 Capital Letters