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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
Every time i write a pronoun, i leave it lowercase. That is, aside three cases: the first is when the pronoun begins a sentence, the second is when referring to God (and his two sublet, in Christianity), the third is referring to myself.

But, people write "me", not "Me", and "my", not "My". Why, then, write "I" and not "i"? It's truly weird, as i don't get the point.

JH

(Using "i" instead of "I" and "his" instead of "His" was deliberate.)
 
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
I is more like your name, which you capitalize. Me is not since you are speaking more of a third person type.

English does not make sense.
 
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
I and me are identical - except one is subject and one object.

English makes sense, to those who are geniuses enough to comprehend it.
 
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
 
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It was originally capitalized to avoid confusion and misreading. In handwritten manuscripts, i would have appeared as a small stroke that could easily have been missed. A capital I did not have the same problem.
 


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