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"I" being capitalized is one of the most weird quirks of the English language.
by owebmaster 1y ago
"I" being capitalized is one of the most weird quirks of the English language.
- KineticLensman 1y agoarguably it makes what would otherwise be a very little letter stand out more in text
- lukas099 1y agoI agree. A quick search tells me the practice was started for legibility in hand-written manuscripts [1], or for that and also to emphasize the importance of the writer (seems egotistical to me :)) [2], or those reasons and also to help distinguish English from other languages but we don't really know [3]. [1] http://www.alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxwhyisi.html http://www.alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxwhyisi.html [2] https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/whycapitali/ https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/whycapitali/ [3] https://greatbigstory.com/why-do-we-capitalize-the-word-i/ https://greatbigstory.com/why-do-we-capitalize-the-word-i/