I have recently been told, under no uncertain terms, that in the world of business the capitalizing of the subject pronoun ‘I’ is no longer necessary.
This I find quite strange and most certainly not some new grammar rule.
This is a call to the STW busness world, if i don’t use the capital ‘I’ would you say that i’m writing badly, i would? Or am i not conforming to some new norm? I need answers!!
Thanks.
I think my reply would be “you might not have standards, but I do.”
Wouldn’t they read differently, anyhow? I’d read “I” as sounding like ‘eye,’ but if I came across “i” written my brain would parse it as ‘ih.’
I agree.
Lots if things have changed since I was at school, the format of a letter for example, but basic good grammar, spelling and punctuation changes little, if at all.
Do you also correct Americans for their lack of use of the present perfect?
Lots if things have changed since I was at school, the format of a letter for example, but basic good grammar, spelling and punctuation changes little, if at all.
I am happy if the grammar has changed as this is one of the beauties of English, I was just unsure in regard to this question and the chap in question was adamant on this point.
I am happy if the grammar has changed as this is one of the beauties of English
Yes very true. And it does because we change the way we speak, but the basics change very little. ‘I’ in this instance is a capital letter. No arguments about that, I’d have just laughed, said “err no” and ignored him.
I have recently been told, in no uncertain terms, that in the world of business… <insert random crap here>. Err who told you? Colleagues around me come up with all sorts of useless/incorrect/made-up guff, it doesn’t mean it’s some sort of new convention.
I was hoping that I could print of this thread and the force of the STW masses would help him see the error of his ways. Some people are just too stupid to be told anything, that’s business.
Generally I’m quite progressive, eg Observer, Guardian and BBC style guides all leave the stops out of eg and ie now, treating them as separate words. This bothers some people when I edit to house style. But in your case I’d flog ’em.
I have recently been told, under no uncertain terms, that in the world of business the capitalizing of the subject pronoun ‘I’ is no longer necessary.
I work in the world of business and if anyone I worked with thought this to be the case I’d assume them to be, at best, unprofessional and, at worst, a moron.
Using a z in -izations, whilst used in America, is not an Americanization. If you look at Gowers’s Modern English Usage you will find both using an s and a z are acceptable and indeed the use of a z is arguably more correct as the use of s is the result of adopting a French bastardization.
