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A lowercase “i” for the pronoun

Suggestion grammar.english-pronoun-i Previewed fix

Capitalize the standalone pronoun and its initial letter in contractions such as “I’m,” “I’ve,” “I’d,” and “I’ll.”

Convention: Capitalize only what convention requires.

Example

Flagged by this rule
[Verse]
you and i

In the workbench this reads: The English first-person pronoun “I” should be capitalized.

Accepted by this rule
[Verse]
you and I

The fix

In the workbench this finding carries one control, labelled Capitalize I. The change is contextual, so it is previewed as a diff in your document first and applies only when you confirm it.

The convention and its limits

This check detects the pattern shown above. An accepted example passes this check; it is not a review of the whole transcription.

Source

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