Q: hallo! I wanted to ask you about I's, as I don't run into many other people who do not follow the capitalization guidelines just as they are given. I capitalize names as a measure of respect, and I consider I to be a name (your name for yourself when you are conveying yourself to someone else) but with how often I's turn up in text, it can feel self centered to capitalize it so often. do you think I should consider changing my policy?
A: there are many reasons why i like to leave the i lowercase. 1. it seems a bit more humble 2. it seems more casual 3. it is less pretentious 4. capital i looks exactly like a different letter 5. a lower case i is much more personal and has more personality because it has an eye