To Whom it May Concern

AnonymousPlease can anyone tell me if the sentence 'To Whom it May Concern' should have everything except the 'it' capitalised or should 'May' be lower case?
Linda

To whom it may concern

AnonymousPlease can anyone tell me if the sentence 'To Whom it May Concern' should have everything except the 'it' capitalised or should 'May' be lower case?

Many thanks

Linda

Hi,

This is certainly an intereting topic. Personally, I am not sure if I have been using it correctly but I was taught to capitalize all the words

I don't see why it should be capitalized, unless it is a title / name of a song, movie or anything like that.

Hi,

I don't remember the last time in my life that I started a letter with 'To whom it may concern' (with or without the capitals).

My guess is that you should probably not be using this phrase. What kind of letter are you writing? It's only appropriate in a small number of situations.

Best wishes, Clive

LoojkaI don't see why it should be capitalized, unless it is a title / name of a song, movie or anything like that.

I don't see why it should be capitalized. unless it is a title / name of a song, movie or anything like that.
(I agree with you. There's no reason for it to be capitalized.)

To whom it may concern (Oxford Advanced Learner's

CliveMy guess is that you should probably not be using this phrase. What kind of letter are you writing? It's only appropriate in a small number of situations.

Uh, really? I was going to use it in a letter... I have to write an email to the Munich turist office... Should I say: "Dear German office workers..."? LOL
So I was thinking of using "To whom i

... then it should be correct to say 'It concerns to me', right?

I would say 'Whoever it may concern.' Capitalized or not.

I may be wrong, but this 'concern to' does sound strange to me.

Hi,

Uh, really? I was going to use it in a letter... I have to write an email to the Munich turist office... Should I say: "Dear German office workers..."? LOL
So I was thinking of using "To whom it may concern".

Email is much more informal than 'regular' mail. You don't usually need any salutation at all. Just use politeness.

eg Just say

Hi Clive,

Do you still go in for tango?

CliveEmail is much more informal than 'regular' mail. You don't usually need any salutation at all. Just use politeness.

Uh, but does regular mail still exist?