Hi there! Let’s explore why we write the letter ‘I’ with a big capital letter, while the word ‘myself’ starts with a small letter.
1. Capital 'I': In English, we always write the word ‘I’ with a big letter, no matter where it is in a sentence. This is because ‘I’ is a very special word! It represents you, the person talking. So, whenever you say something about yourself, you write ‘I’ with a capital letter to show it is important.
2. Small 'myself': Now, let’s talk about ‘myself.’ This word means you are talking about yourself in a different way—it is used to show that you did something by yourself or for yourself. Unlike 'I', the word ‘myself’ does not start with a capital letter unless it’s at the beginning of a sentence. It’s not a special word like 'I'.
So remember: 'I' is always big because it's special, and 'myself' is usually small unless it’s the first word in a sentence. Pretty neat, right?