In the English language, the terms root, grass, and sky letters are applied to the letters of the lower case alphabet only, although one could in theory claim that all capital letters should be sky letters. Why this is, will become clear in a moment.
Root letters are those letters on which the lower part of the letter reaches below the line the letter is written on. The letters to which this term applies are g, j, p, q, and y.
Grass letters are the letters simply 'sitting' on the line, without reaching below and not exceeding a certain height, i.e. All grass letters are of the same height.
The following letters are consequently all grass letters: A, c, e, i, the dot above the i does not count, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x, and z.
For the sky letters, one has to imagine a line going across the top edge of the grass letters. All the letters which have an upper part reaching above this imaginary line are called sky letters.
This term is therefore applied to the letters b, d, f, h, k, l, and t. Another way to define sky letters would be to say that their height equals the height of capital letters.
This is also the reason why one may wish to refer to capital letters as sky letters, although this is not generally done.
In 'English crammer', the root letter is g; the grass letters are n, i, s, c, r, a, m, m, e, and r and the sky letters are l, h, and may be the capital E.
In 'English grammar', we have the g twice as root, n, i, s, r, a, m, m, a, and r for grass and l, h, and possible E for sky letters.
Root letters are those letters on which the lower part of the letter reaches below the line the letter is written on. The letters to which this term applies are g, j, p, q, and y.
Grass letters are the letters simply 'sitting' on the line, without reaching below and not exceeding a certain height, i.e. All grass letters are of the same height.
The following letters are consequently all grass letters: A, c, e, i, the dot above the i does not count, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x, and z.
For the sky letters, one has to imagine a line going across the top edge of the grass letters. All the letters which have an upper part reaching above this imaginary line are called sky letters.
This term is therefore applied to the letters b, d, f, h, k, l, and t. Another way to define sky letters would be to say that their height equals the height of capital letters.
This is also the reason why one may wish to refer to capital letters as sky letters, although this is not generally done.
In 'English crammer', the root letter is g; the grass letters are n, i, s, c, r, a, m, m, e, and r and the sky letters are l, h, and may be the capital E.
In 'English grammar', we have the g twice as root, n, i, s, r, a, m, m, a, and r for grass and l, h, and possible E for sky letters.
