LeBron and a grammar question
Why do we have to capitalize “I” but not “me?”
Thanks to Tony for this clip… all I can say is… WOW!
5 comments November 26 2006 9:06 pm | Pepperguy | Grant
The miscellaneous thoughts of a somewhat normal guy…
Why do we have to capitalize “I” but not “me?”
Thanks to Tony for this clip… all I can say is… WOW!
5 comments November 26 2006 9:06 pm | Pepperguy | Grant
Because i seems so insignificant…
Unless of course you are eLBe James and then it doesn’t matter what grammer says… “Hey! Look what I can do… watch ME!!!”
Blech! i like to see the skills… don’t like to see the ME show.
“Ego has nothing to do with the capitalization of the pronoun I. Printing and handwriting have everything to do with it. In Middle English the first person was ich–with a lower-case i. When this was shortened to i, manuscript writers and printers found it often got lost or attached to a neighboring word. So the reason for the capital I is simply to avoid confusion and error. Of course, some writers refuse to be bound by this convention. Two of our favorites, the poet e.e. cummings and Don Marquis, author of archy and mehitabel, both favored the lower-case i” (Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins 303).
@Moss – Fantastic!! Thanks!
@Kelley – LeBron did that in pre-game… in front of a mostly empty gym and before the TV coverage had started. He’s leading his team in points, steals AND ASSISTS… If there is one thing LeBron understands, it’s that this game is not about “ME!!” He’s shown maturity FAR beyond his years in this regard.
The “ME Show” takes place in seconds 11-13.
I don’t believe that was a “yes… go… team”?!?
And now I am giving dirty looks to that brown-noser, Moss…
🙂
LeBron remains your daddy.
Reminds me of the old joke… “I went to a basketball highlight clip on YouTube and a grammar lesson broke out!”