need quick reply..... thats why posted here! sorry ED!

[hayley2956]

Hello, i am writing a covering letter to send to solicitors for training contract applications. Within my letter I have a sentence saying that I have always wanted to become a solicitor. Should the word solicitor have a capital S or a little s, im confusd!!!

thanks in advance x

[girlygirl2]

Capital

[hayley2956]

wow that was quick, thanks a lot, ed feel free to move my question now :-p

[PollyPlaytex]

Actually it's lower case , or small letter if you prefer. See here how it's written:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solicitor

You would only use a capital at the beginning of the sentence with the word in it.

[hayley2956]

oh no, now im confused!

[girlygirl2]

Well I'm at the Solicitors everyday at the moment (buying a house) and they always have on each letter wrote with a capital S...

Maybe I should sack them!

[hayley2956]

just read the law society website, they are using a small s aswell, thanks polly

[PollyPlaytex]

Trust me, it's lower case. Check the wiki link if you don't believe me and see how it's written. That's why I included it, so you could see for yourself which is correct. A capital letter would only be used at the beginning of the sentence but not in the middle.(At least in this context anyway) If you read the text, you will see the differences. There is a bit at the start where the word solicitor is used about the fourth word in and it is not a capital letter which is used.

[4getmenot]

Not meaning to confuse you even more but dont you think the sentence 'I have always wanted to become a Solicitor' sounds a bit childish like 'when I grow up...' how about I have always been interested....

[hayley2956]

lol 4getmenot, i havent actaully used that sentence, it was just an easy sentence to show ABers the kind or context i would use it in

[rugeleyboy]

yeah i thought that 4get!!

[4getmenot]

thats ok then. :-) When I grow up I want to be a lollypop lady :-) lol

[rugeleyboy]

yeah i thought that 4get!!

how about something on the lines of your ambition?

[rugeleyboy]

ooops...double crossed post!! he he

[PollyPlaytex]

Yes girlygirl, if headed as Solicitors then it would take the dominant form of an upper case letter but mid sentence in the context of a letter would not require the same. Definitely lower case.

You are welcome Hayley.

[Octavius]

girly you may be confusing the reference with a �named� solicitor as in �the Solicitor� for Vendor No.1� etc under contract with referring to the profession in general. I know lots of chartered accountants and chartered surveyors who, in contracts, are Chartered Accountant or Chartered Surveyor.

When I grow up I wanna be a bus driver, especially if Kylie is in the seat too.

[bednobs]

when i was littler i always wanted to have a career as a page 3 girl (bear in mind this was back in the day when page 3 girls were household name, not the fly-by-nights they are now, but proper stars!)

[lucylocket69]

I am a trainee solicitor - i've always been told 's'olicitor. :)

[hayley2956]

ooowww lucylocket well done you!!! where are you training?? any tips on applications?? lol cheeky i know!!!

[tiggerwoo]

small case