Why is "I" always capitalized in a sentece, but me and my is not.?

Answer 1

The reason is historical.
Modern English ultimately derives from Old English, which is a Germanic language. This is the language spoken in Britain before the Norman invasion of 1066.
In German, all nouns are capitalized.
In German, Ich is the word for I and it is capitalized.
German words for "me," to me," "mine," are not capitalized.
For instance, Ich, meiner, mir, mich.
The English language is not logical, but it does reflect a rich history of primarily German, French, and Latin influences. Thus tradition and precedent is your answer, not logic.

Answer 2

Well for starters English is a difficult language and doesn't make sense half the time like; its mouse then mice but house then houses why not hice?

But what I would say is that "I" has capital because it is referring to yourself and is the equivalent of someone saying you name which would be written with a capital letter. My doesn't have a capital unless at a beginning of a sentence because it referring to something that belongs to you rather than actual person.

And me.......... well i have no explanation for that one lol

Answer 3

This is one of life's mysteries...
The English language is mixed up and they decided to make that a rule. To tell you the truth i think there IS a reason why to this but i just don't know it... sorry

Answer 4

Now, my first guess would be because "I" is how you would address yourself (like a proper name) when talking to someone else--that way you don't refer to yourself in the 3rd person. That theory would knock out "my" because that word just shows possession...but "me"....hmmmm...I don't know why it's not capitalized...and that's strange because it's always all about me. ;)

Answer 5

"I" is a personal pronoun, "me" and "my" are possessive pronouns. They don't specify a person as much as they specify whose ___________ it is.

"I" is also capitalized because it describes the speaker - it's just one of those lovely things about the English language :-)