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Re: Dumb question: is it "email", "Email", "e-mail", or "E-mail"
Subject:Re: Dumb question: is it "email", "Email", "e-mail", or "E-mail" From:Robert Hodgins <ehodgins -at- telusplanet -dot- net> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:42:55 -0700
On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 14:30 -0500, Deborah Hemstreet wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> My brain is befuddled by change. Could someone kindly advise the correct
> current practice for referring to Email (email, E-mail, e-mail)... I see
> it typed every which way...
>
> Is there a rule for this kind of thing? For example, I've seen
> discussion over Internet vs internet, and online Help vs online help....
A quick trip to wikipedia shows eMail. Another one to add to list.
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