Do you have a link that explains that? Because I find myself curious. I have never seen any grammar rule that states it's appropriate to capitalize a normal pronoun like that. Going by that standard, since they replace names, shouldn't every pronoun be capitalized?
i.e. If we take "Then Jannifer went to the store." and used a pronoun "Then she went to the store." the "she" in that sentence would never be capitalized unless you were a god. This is the usage of capitalization that's causing me to flail. The one exception to this would be "I." And even then, it appears to simply be a quirk of the English language, as other languages don't have it.
And wouldn't your example be an example of a proper name replacement, and not pronoun usage?
bamf: Sorry I'm derailing your comments with grammar debates. A lot of writing "rules" can actually be tossed out when writing, so you don't need to worry too much about it. This is just one case where the rule is basically set in stone. I also happen to be a teacher, so things like this strike near and dear to my heart, and make me want to put on my school marm hat.
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i.e. If we take "Then Jannifer went to the store." and used a pronoun "Then she went to the store." the "she" in that sentence would never be capitalized unless you were a god. This is the usage of capitalization that's causing me to flail. The one exception to this would be "I." And even then, it appears to simply be a quirk of the English language, as other languages don't have it.
And wouldn't your example be an example of a proper name replacement, and not pronoun usage?
bamf: Sorry I'm derailing your comments with grammar debates. A lot of writing "rules" can actually be tossed out when writing, so you don't need to worry too much about it. This is just one case where the rule is basically set in stone. I also happen to be a teacher, so things like this strike near and dear to my heart, and make me want to put on my school marm hat.