Anybody know why "I" is the only personal pronoun that is always capitalized?

Question

Regardless of its position in a sentence. Not "we", not "you", not "he, she, or it". The only exception I can think of is "He" when referring to a deity.

Answer 1

A person's name, regardless of the position in a sentence, is always capitalized as a sign of importance to that person. The same with "I" when speaking of yourself.

On a regular basis no one speaks in third person narrative (use your own name when speaking of yourself) therefore "I" is capitalized. Essentially you are still speaking of yourself but in a different narrative which is just as deserving as using your own or someone elses name.

He, she and it are not capitalized (in the middle of a sentence)because those terms specifically do not refer to one person all on their own. They need to be supported then you know who he, she and it are.
Ex. Billy was walking in the park and he found a ball.
If I had said "He was walking in the park and found a ball" you wouldn't know who "he" was.

I believe people do capitalize "He" or "She" when referring to a Deity to show their up most respect but it's not necessary or required.

Answer 2

In center English, the first human being singular replaced into expressed with "ich", finally shortened to "i" interior the decrease case. yet printers encountered complications putting the decrease case "i". The letter should be dropped by accident or run which contain the words that accompanied or preceded it. So the unique purpose of capitalizing the "I" replaced into to make it stick out from different unmarried letters and grant it with the status as an finished be conscious...

Answer 3

I represents a persons name and names are capitalized. Unlike the other pronouns that simply refer to another person.

Answer 4

i believe it is because I is the nominative case and is a grammatical case for a noun, which generally marks the subject of a verb, as opposed to its object or other verb arguments...
there is no other pronoun that i can think of that would need to be capitalized and be the direct subject of the verb unless it were in the beginning of the sentence ...for instance we could say that... She and I ate cake....now notice that She and I are both direct subjects of the verb ate but She also begins the sentence

Answer 5

good question, my guess would be because its just one letter making up a "word" and by being a personal pronoun it gets capitalized.

Answer 6

It looks better that way...
Besides you wouldn't want to be represented as a teeny weeny letter "i". You would appear unimportant or insignificant.
The capitalized letter "I" looks more imposing. It stands out.

Answer 7

Essentially it is the same reason....because you as the "I" are deserving of and important role in this lifetime.....

Answer 8

just convention

Answer 9

cuz it just is. moving on....