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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!!
  
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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!!

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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.
  
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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!
  
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.)
  
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