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i
When used as a pronoun to refer to yourself, 'I' must always be capitalized, regardless of where it appears in a sentence. In mathematics, the letter 'i' is specifically used to represent imaginary numbers. In this context, it is usually written in lowercase and sometimes italicized.
💬Casual Conversation
🎬Tuesday afternoon, Victoria is in a high-stakes board meeting while Mr. Sterling is at his private yoga retreat.
Mr. Sterling
Victoria, I've decided that 'I' is too selfish a letter for our brand. Let's scrap it.
Victoria
We can't just drop every vowel, sir. You're totally out to lunch.
💡
Mr. Sterling is applying his eccentric philosophy to the company's branding by attacking a single letter ('i'). Victoria uses the idiom 'out to lunch', meaning he is delusional or disconnected from reality.
Meanings
pronoun
Used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself.
"I am going to the store."