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Um, it isn't the USPS that designed the software that extracts the
names from someone's contact list ... On Jan 18, 10:53*am, Jerry wrote: But the "leveling influence of the USPS" also causes those poor souls with a Roman numeral after their names to receive mail with a salutation that says, "Dear Mr. III." Jerry Doe III "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The usage of people who have a roman numeral varies considerably. My feeling is that the "correct" version is without a comma. After all, you don't write "Louis, XIV" or "King George, III." But many people do include a comma, whether out of family tradition or ignorance, their own or a secretary's. I can attest that the Candler dynasty in Atlanta, which was up to six or seven when I was working in the Development Office at Emory, do not use a comma. Thanks to the leveling influence of the USPS, which prefers all caps and no commas, even the comma before "Jr." is becoming lost. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message .... I figured you'd come through with a solution ... in the last one, is the comma essential? Because usually one would write Joe A. Miller, Jr. Joe A. Miller III |
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