Can you use capital Y in you when adressing to more than 1 person?
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2I think people would probably interpret it as addressing God. Note that we don't capitalize 'they' or 'them'. – user888379 Jan 08 '19 at 16:13
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Even using "He", "Him", "His", etc about God is somewhat archaic these days. – Michael Harvey Jan 08 '19 at 16:35
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@MichaelHarvey - You capitalize "you" when it's at the start of a sentence, don't you? – Hot Licks Jan 08 '19 at 17:52
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2Marja Sittala: Only capitalise 'You' at the start of a sentence. – Michael Harvey Jan 08 '19 at 18:18
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1Can you? Yes. Should you? Not unless you want to be thought strange. In some languages this may commonly be done, but not in English. – GEdgar Jan 25 '20 at 22:32
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I do not think this is universally accepted or understood as referring to a group. In type, it would likely be viewed as a typo. Additionally, others have commented in this answer to the same end: "you" versus "You" as polite form of writing
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Avoid saying “the below* X”* because this can sound stilted and even borderline unnatural to native speakers. Instead say “the following* X”* in especially formal written contexts, or merely “this* X”* in the singular or “these* Xes”* in the plural in many common and less exacting circumstances. Sometimes English-language learners don’t realize that they should use the demonstrative determiners this, that, these, those which native speakers customarily use for these cases. – tchrist Jan 25 '20 at 17:37