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Is "вы" always capitalized in writing when you are addressing only a single person?  Or is this optional and you can leave it uncapitalized? Also, what about other forms of the word, such as

вас / вами /вам...

I assume they are also capitalized just as "вы" is?

What about the "вы"-based adjectives : ваш / ваши / ваша / ваше?

Thanks!

Comments

[gera.livejournal.com]

It is not always capitalized.
It is customary to capitalize it in formal letters, a practice that spilled over into the Internet, were in many cases it seems out of place (although this is a matter of endless debates).
So, some do it, some don't.

[oryx_and_crake]

+1

If you write a real letter on paper and address a single person as вы, it should be capitalized.

In the other cases you may probably do without capitalization.

For example, when addressing an unknown person in LJ, you would not like to say ты, and capitalized Вы sounds overly formal.