Haiku Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Why is the pronoun "I" capitalized but others aren't? Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaMomTo5 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 You'll find some information on this at this site... http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/9/9-253.html I didn't read it all, so I don't know anything about this particular site. Just a quick google find for you. Hope it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usetoschool Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 This is the same information as the above post, but in laymen's terms, from the NY Times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaMomTo5 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 This is the same information as the above post, but in laymen's terms, from the NY Times. Thanks! That other site was quite confusing :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayt ul-Hikmah Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 I'd never really thought about this, but I found the NYT article very interesting. Thanks! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillary in KS Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 The article was interesting. Thansk for posting! It sure beats my standard answer of, " 'Tis not for you to wonder why. Simply capitalize the I." :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 i really liked the Times article. Thank You for sharing it! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaniceO Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Thank You very much for sharing that article. i learn something new every day on this board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 Thank You very much for giving me an answer that i can give to my daughter. :) Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl in NM Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Actually, I was taught that we capitalize "I' because it is similar to a proper noun. We are using I to replace our proper names so therefore it is capitalized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 But if I say, "Give me the book" I am using "me" to replace Tara (as in "Give Tara the book") but "me" is not capitalized. Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl in NM Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 But if I say, "Give me the book" I am using "me" to replace Tara (as in "Give Tara the book") but "me" is not capitalized. Tara Hmmm... I didn't make that connection when I was being programmed!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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