Are greetings capitalized?
Yes, “good afternoon” sounds a bit more formal, but that doesn’t make it FORMAL, just somewhat more formal than HI.
Yep, perfectly acceptable.
A salutation usually has two components: a greeting or an adjective, and the name or title of the person you’re addressing. However, a comma should separate a direct greeting and a person’s name. So if you were to write “Good morning, Mrs. Johnson,” you’d have to place a comma between “Good morning” and “Mrs.
Generally, the phrase “good afternoon” is not capitalized when used in a sentence. However, the phrase “good afternoon” is capitalized in an email introl when it is used as a salutation at the beginning of an email. Email salutations (Dear, Hi, Hello, etc.) are capitalized anyways and “good afternoon” is no exception.
Do you say good afternoon at 1pm?
Are Email Greetings Capitalized? In general, greetings are not capitalized in a sentence, but when used as salutations in email greetings they are capitalized. You do have the option of only capitalizing the first word in the phrase of a salutation, but the choice is ultimately up to you.
