Unusual question

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Unusual question

carinelaurent

Unusual question

Hello, yesterday a pupil asked me a question I just couldn �t answer: why is there a capital letter at the first-person singular pronoun ( I and not i ) ?

Could you help me, please ?

Laurent

13 Jan 2012

ueslteacher

http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxwhyisi.html

Sophia

13 Jan 2012

Sonn

http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-2217,00.html
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Hypertext+mark-up+language

13 Jan 2012

carinelaurent

Thanx a lot : a question , an answer !

Bye

Laurent

13 Jan 2012

storyteller

because you are important !!! important = capital letter !
imagine using a small letter !
you would lose it in your sentence ! this is how I explain it to my kids !

13 Jan 2012