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[upthera44.livejournal.com]

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

[nemica.livejournal.com]

Wrong, it is capitalized in business and personal correspondense (and it is still matter of style and not a rule), but never in books, articles, subtitles and all other texts.

[karakal.livejournal.com]

+1

[kulakfaust.livejournal.com]

What books??!! Do you mean the yellow press?
"Вы" is always capitalized in writing when you are addressing only a single person.
If it's informal, you just write "ты".

[nemica.livejournal.com]

In any books, fiction and non-fiction, in articles and essays, in poetry etc. Capitalizing of вы is heavy overused in Russian advertising texts maybe that is why some people think they should always capitalize вы.

[kulakfaust.livejournal.com]

I have checked it. Chekhov, Brodsky, Blok. I am really surprised!!! You are right! Perhaps as early as in the school this idea was suggested to me. It was strange sometimes. In 3rd class we should write "Родина", but in 4th - "родина".

[oryx_and_crake]

I don't know what you mean by "yellow press", but here are a few examples from Leskov:

"- Да в чем же вы тут, отец дьякон, видите сомнение? - спрашивали его
те, кому он жаловался."

" - А вы, отец Захария, как вы много логике учились, так вы вот это
прочитайте: "Даде в руку его посох". "

"- А вы, Наталья Николаевна, еще не започивали? - отнесся он к
протопопице."

As you can see, in all of these examples вы is directed to a single person and is not capitalized.

[kulakfaust.livejournal.com]

My answer is above. I apologize. I am really surprised.