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The letter I is capitalized in a sentence when it is used as a word to refer to the person writing. Proper (personal) names of people, places, and things are capitalized in English grammar. The word "I" is a personal pronoun; its function is to take the place of the name of the person doing the writing. Thus, the capitalization.
I have replaced the original answer, mostly by simply correcting the grammar and spelling and rephrasing it a bit. So I have changed the content, but not the meaning of the original answer.
If anyone out there can tell me why the word "I" is capitalized for the reason stated, but the word "you" is not, I will have found the answer to the question I orignally sought :-)
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My suggestion (jparrot99):
Go to:
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=I&searchmode=none
There it says simply "to mark it as a distinct word and avoid misreading in handwritten manuscripts. "
Because you are talking about yourself e.g I like motorcross
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