Are you always meant to use capital "i"'s?

Well, >I< was never so sure, I thought you were meant to, but could someone confirm it? Thanks.

Is this the most random topic of the day? 0_o

The first-person singular nominative declension of the personal pronoun in English is always capitalized, yes.

Well, >I< was never so sure, I thought you were meant to, but could someone confirm it? Thanks.

Is this the most random topic of the day? 0_o

firefluff3

Yup. Always when referring to yourself. :)

And pretty sure it was. :P

The first-person singular nominative declension of the personal pronoun in English is always capitalized, yes.

GabuEx

The first-person singular nominative declension of the personal pronoun in English is always capitalized, yes.

GabuEx

It's just the way things are. And yes thats a crazy thought. That means A should be capitalized too, right? Yes I think you achieved random post of the day, honestly.

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

The first-person singular nominative declension of the personal pronoun in English is always capitalized, yes.

MillenialFair99

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

The first-person singular nominative declension of the personal pronoun in English is always capitalized, yes.

MillenialFair99

complicated? the reason english is such a popular language is the ease of learning and practicality it provides

far from it, really >:

"I" alone as a word must always be capitalized.

Also should mention this counts if it is the only letter used before an asterisk

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

The first-person singular nominative declension of the personal pronoun in English is always capitalized, yes.

xaos

Well if you capitalize thatthen the Internet boogeyman will come and eat you up.

The first-person singular nominative declension of the personal pronoun in English is always capitalized, yes.

Thanks and yes, thats what I meant. Your also meant to use it in I'm aswell aren't you? Thanks.

[QUOTE="MillenialFair99"][QUOTE="GabuEx"]

The first-person singular nominative declension of the personal pronoun in English is always capitalized, yes.

flordeceres

complicated? the reason english is such a popular language is the ease of learning and practicality it provides

far from it, really >:

I'm not exactly sure that's true. English is an ugly Frankensteinish monster that has its origins in Germanic languages, but which borrows heavily from Latin and Greek, and as a result is just a mess, especially in terms of its pluralization rules (or rather its complete lack thereof). Any language in which prepending a single letter to a word completely changes its pronunciation cannot be considered easy. :P

[QUOTE="flordeceres"]

[QUOTE="MillenialFair99"] Why the hell is English so damn complicated?GabuEx

complicated? the reason english is such a popular language is the ease of learning and practicality it provides

far from it, really >:

I'm not exactly sure that's true. English is an ugly Frankensteinish monster that has its origins in Germanic languages, but which borrows heavily from Latin and Greek, and as a result is just a mess, especially in terms of its pluralization rules (or rather its complete lack thereof). Any language in which prepending a single letter to a word completely changes its pronunciation cannot be considered easy. :P

[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="GabuEx"]

The first-person singular nominative declension of the personal pronoun in English is always capitalized, yes.

GabuEx

Well if you capitalize thatthen the Internet boogeyman will come and eat you up.

OMNOMNOMNOMNOM

See? There's no--

OH GOD!!! OH MAH GAWD!!

The first-person singular nominative declension of the personal pronoun in English is always capitalized, yes.

GabuEx

[QUOTE="MillenialFair99"][QUOTE="GabuEx"]

The first-person singular nominative declension of the personal pronoun in English is always capitalized, yes.

GHlegend77

I can't help it if I prefer to be linguistically precise. :P

[QUOTE="GHlegend77"][QUOTE="MillenialFair99"] Why the hell is Gabu's way of explaining things so damn complicated?GabuEx

I can't help it if I prefer to be linguistically precise. :P

I'm not exactly sure that's true. English is an ugly Frankensteinish monster that has its origins in Germanic languages, but which borrows heavily from Latin and Greek, and as a result is just a mess, especially in terms of its pluralization rules (or rather its complete lack thereof). Any language in which prepending a single letter to a word completely changes its pronunciation cannot be considered easy. :P

GabuEx

when you refer to it's precedents, english really is a mish-mash of several languages but that doesn't impede it's relative ease, at least compared to some languages which pertain overwhelming difficulty, such as my own, which is the reason people resort to the 'dumbed-down' (no offense to the brazillian folk :P) version.

[QUOTE="GHlegend77"][QUOTE="MillenialFair99"] Why the hell is Gabu's way of explaining things so damn complicated?GabuEx

I can't help it if I prefer to be linguistically precise. :P

The first-person singular nominative declension of the personal pronoun in English is always capitalized, yes.

GabuEx

Ooh, an article on why we do that in Englishxaos

So it could be a combination if it being what the article says but also the fact that in english the 1st person form of a verb is also used for infinitives, first, second and third person of the plural and that could cause confusion so it became important that it is distinguished and very obvious within the text.

*claps at self* :D

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="flordeceres"]

complicated? the reason english is such a popular language is the ease of learning and practicality it provides

far from it, really >:

Deihjan

I'm not exactly sure that's true. English is an ugly Frankensteinish monster that has its origins in Germanic languages, but which borrows heavily from Latin and Greek, and as a result is just a mess, especially in terms of its pluralization rules (or rather its complete lack thereof). Any language in which prepending a single letter to a word completely changes its pronunciation cannot be considered easy. :P

[QUOTE="medic36"] CONFIRMAN. But german has way easier grammar.Deihjan

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

I'm not exactly sure that's true. English is an ugly Frankensteinish monster that has its origins in Germanic languages, but which borrows heavily from Latin and Greek, and as a result is just a mess, especially in terms of its pluralization rules (or rather its complete lack thereof). Any language in which prepending a single letter to a word completely changes its pronunciation cannot be considered easy. :P

flordeceres

when you refer to it's precedents, english really is a mish-mash of several languages but that doesn't impede it's relative ease, at least compared to some languages which pertain overwhelming difficulty, such as my own, which is the reason people resort to the 'dumbed-down' (no offense to the brazillian folk :P) version.

I suppose it depends on what one considers of paramount importance for what constitutes "easy", but even as a native speaker I often stumble over English's complete lack of coherent rules that are actually reliable. Rules of thumb in English are broken at least as much as they're adhered to. I before E except after C, and when it sounds like A, and otherwise whenever the **** a word just feels like having E before I.

I believe so...

[QUOTE="GHlegend77"][QUOTE="MillenialFair99"] Why the hell is Gabu's way of explaining things so damn complicated?GabuEx

I can't help it if I prefer to be linguistically precise. :P