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> Our group had this discussion a couple of years ago. The
> quote below, I cannot remember from where it was taken,
> helped swing the argument in favour of "email".
>
> Don Knuth, professor Emeritus at Stanford University:
<snipped quote>
Knuth is a computer person, not an authority on English usage, and his
argument is what one might expect from such a person-- totally wrong. He's
applying a perfectly legitimate principle incorrectly to the question at
hand.
<snip>
> PS We're also about to starting using website for Web site
> and internet for Internet.
>
If someone is foolish enough to write, "The internet was the creation of Tim
Berners-Lee," let him. And let him write, "The world wide web is a part of
the internet." There is only one "Internet" and therefore it is capitalized
(like the "Ark," (as is "World Wide Web").
The word "website" is fine because there is no confusion about what it means
and there is no proper name "Website." Using "internet" is like writing your
name, "frank spitzer." Using "email" is like writing "Bteam."
Why *do* some people look to computer people for answers to questions about
use of the English language, anyway? Maybe they're the same folks who will
hire ME to write their code.
Bonnie Granat | www.GranatEdit.com
bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com
Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
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