You are right about the abbreviations (there are a few special rules  
for those), but (at least in Spain), not the full words:

http://buscon.rae.es/dpdI/SrvltConsulta?lema=usted

On Feb 22, 2009, at 8:42 PM, Alan Watson wrote:

>> However, with the exception of proper names (and not nouns), they are
>> only used to start a sentence.  In essence, capitals are punctuation,
>> nothing else.
>
> Okay, this is so far off topic but then again, maybe not.
>
> In the Spanish that I write, capitals are also used for the  
> pronouns Usted and Ustedes (and their abbreviated forms Ud. and  
> Uds.). If one were to write usted or ustedes, it would be regarded  
> as incorrect. (This may be different in the Spanish that Guillermo  
> writes.)
>
> Alan
> -- 
> Alan Watson
> http://www.alan-watson.org/
>


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