For Pete's sake, we learned the rule for the letter "I" in first grade: When used as the first-person, singular pronoun, it is a capital.
In other languages, this doesn't appear. "Je" and "ich" aren't capital. I wish you good luck attempting to make "私" capital, too. So, why is English so special?
That is because of something called patheticalness. (And, I assure you, that is a word.)
Our pronoun "I" derived from the German, "ich." However, it was frequently spelt, "ic." Eventually, the beloved way to refer to oneself evolved to an, "i." Yet, let's face it: a single, lowercase I looks pathetic, especially when compared to the monstrous M.
So, in writing, it began to grow larger and taller. Eventually, it became the capitalI many people rebel against today.
The capital I is now standard language. It's proper. Let's carry on the torch, and capitalise our I's, without dotting them, when one is referring to oneself.
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The Grammar Nazi Handbook
Non-FictionThis is going to work as follows: I go on Wattpad in a bad-ish mood. I will see multiple grammar mistakes; that's inevitable. Then, I can rant about common/proper usage in this very book. This is going to be fun.
