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Guest Posted 23 years ago
Letter Writing

After 'Dear Sir', do you capitalise (Guest:K.Roche)

After writing 'Dear Sir,' does the first line of your letter have to start with a capital letter:

e.g 'Following our letter of...'

or is it a continuation,

e.g. 'following our letter....'
  

Top answer

I don't believe it should be on one line. The first word of the new sentence should start with a capital letter: Dear Sir, Following our letter of...

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I don't believe it should be on one line. The first word of the new sentence should start with a capital letter:

Dear Sir,

Following our letter of...
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Which of the following versions is correct?

Version A:

'You should -

1. Brush your teeth everyday; and

2. Sleep early every night.'

Version B:

'You should -

1. brush your teeth everyday; and

2. sleep early every night.'
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Version b is correct as they are continuations of the heading. I would not use a semi-colon though, just a comma after every day (which should be two words not one).
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Thank you. I agree with you, but my lawyer friend said that she had done some research on the issue and that version B was correct. Version B does look funny. Is there a book on such matters? (P.S. Thanks for pointing out the spelling error.)
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