Why "I" ("i" in lower case) is always written in capital letter?

Answer 1

The short reason is that I is capitalized so that it is distinct and easy to see. The lower case "i" is tiny.

Clearly, it is certainly *not* the case that English capitalizes all pronouns; we do not capitalize *any* of them other than I as you can clearly see in this sentence!! The word "me" refers to *preciseely* the same person as "I" and is not capitalized, nor are you, he, she, it, we, they, him, his, her, hers, its, our, them, etc., etc. And, based on the stupid answers you received, it is clearly *not* a stupid question, although perhaps it is one that draws stupidity out...

Answer 2

The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology (Wilson, 1988, ISBN
0-8242-0745-9) says: "~I~ pron. 1137 i; later I (about 1250,
in The Story of Genesis and Exodus); developed from the unstressed form of Old English (about 725) ic singular pronoun of the first person (nominative case). Modern and Middle English I developed from earlier i in the stressed position. I came to be written with a capital letter thereby making it a distinct word and avoiding misreading handwritten manuscripts. In the northern and midland dialects of England the capitalized form I appeared about 1250. In the south of England, where Old English ic early shifted in pronunciation to ich (by palatalization), the form I did not
become established until the 1700's (although it appears sporadically before that time)."

Answer 3

It's simply convention. When I say "I", I am speaking of a very specific person, one who is known. Just as I would capitalize "Mary", I capitalize "I".

It would work just as well to leave it lowercase, but someone made a decision to capitalize it once, and it became the rule. What really matters is that most people agree on it, so we can communicate.

Answer 4

well if capital letters are used at the start of people's names, i suppose 'I' is used instead of that. As it is naming a person it should be a capital, but then why doesnt 'you' have a capital letter?

very good question

Answer 5

The reason i is written in capital letters is because if it's used in a sentence describing you or in a phrase containing you as a subject for example " i went to the zoo today" The computer would automatically change it too "I went to the zoo today" its a whole punctuality thing. Stupid rule.

Answer 6

For the same reason we capitalize our names, Personal Nouns and Pronouns are capitalized.

Answer 7

Because it is a proper noun, like a name. Names always start with capital, that's why I always starts with capital.

Answer 8

Because "i" is used to describe a noun. Person, place or thing. When you address a person by their first name or the name of anything like a Porsche or Switzerland, it's usually with a cap, so normally when you're describing yourself, it would be I not i because you yourself are a noun.

Hope that helped
Lord knows it took alot of thinking :)

Answer 9

Oh dear goodness - your illiteracy is beyond measure. Nouns (and most pro-nouns) are always capitalized.

Answer 10

Capital as our ego maybe?