单选题 12.( ) always used "i" instead of "I" to refer to himself as a protest against self-importance.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】美国诗人肯明斯(E．E．Cummings)在诗歌创作中，为增强艺术表现效果，经常打破英语单词字母大小写的规则，人名都用小写，甚至连自己的名字也是用的英文字母小写。