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> I also see this all the time in Email correspondence, you can immediately tell if a person is a native German speaker because they don't capitalize the first
by wdroz 5y ago
> I also see this all the time in Email correspondence, you can immediately tell if a person is a native German speaker because they don't capitalize the first letter in an English email after "Dear X, we are writing <blah>" (which would be 100% correct in German, but somehow no one teaches this in English classes in Germany that in English it is capitalized).
TIL thanks.
Sadly once you are in the professional world, nobody correct you anymore, so you can't improve/fix your English easily.
- EE84M3i 5y agoNormally I wouldn't, but seeing as your post is about being corrected in English, I'll correct you. >nobody correct you anymore Should be "nobody corrects you anymore"
- andrew_eit 5y agoWhat you say is write and I am guilty of that too. I would feel very rude or out of place telling a colleague of mine to capitalize the first letter after Dear X. Even if I wanted to. So I just write my reply correctly and hope they notice :)
- wdroz 5y agoYou are right, I do that too :) It's a bit passive aggressive but more acceptable in professional settings.