Volume-II, Issue-IV, May 2026
Novel Insights A Peer-Reviewed Quarterly Multidisciplinary Research Journal |
Volume-II, Issue-IV , May 2026 |
Philosophical Influence on The Use of Pronouns in The English Language Dr. Brajagopal Roy, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, Khalisani Mahavidyalaya, Khalisani, West Bengal, India Email: brajagopalroy072@gmail.com |
Received: 09.04.2026 | Accepted: 08.05.2026 | Published Online: 31.05.2026 |
Page No: | DOI: 10.69655/novelinsights.vol.2.issue.04W.0 | |
Abstract | ||
The use of the pronoun replaced for the noun ‘God’ and of the pronoun ‘I’ are exceptions to the general rule that the first letter of each pronoun must be of capital letter only at the beginning of the sentence, otherwise of the small letter everywhere in the English language. Like the first letter of the noun ‘God’, viz., ‘G’ remains capital irrespective of all places, the first letter of the pronoun used in place of the noun ‘God’ must be of capital everywhere in the sentences. In the same way, the pronoun ‘I’ is used in the capital letter irrespective of all occasions in the sentences. What is the reason behind these two exceptional uses of pronouns? Only answer received from experts and grammarians of English language is that it is a convention followed from the time unlimited. But the convention must take some reasons to be established, it cannot be used and followed irrationally for ages. Answer is traced with satisfied reason on the philosophical foundation. The word ‘God’ takes the first letter as capital everywhere because of His supremacy and exceptional features that common human lacks. Same reason is followed for the first letter of the pronoun used instead of the noun ‘God’. As aham is equated with the Supreme Being, individual self is not different from Supreme self, the use of the pronoun ‘I’ follows the same reason like that of the pronoun replaced by the noun ‘God’. Moreover, distinctness and clearness give different status to the pronoun ‘I’. Keywords: Brahman, Ahamkāra /Ego, Aham/Self, Ignorance, | ||