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> I'll put my two cents in on this one, because it's an issue we've
> questioned recently. The NY Times (not that it's a definitive
> authority) spells it E-mail in keeping with words that predate E-mail,
> such as T-shirt, H-bomb, and A-frame, and capitalizes it when it occurs.
> If you consider it in that context, it makes sense to capitalize and
> hyphenate it, IMHO.
Just for argument's sake, the context is not as clear as the NY Times
would lead you to belive. The T in T-shirt and the A in A-frame are not
abbreviations for anything. But the H in H-bomb and the E in E-mail
(should you choose to spell it that way) stand for a whole word. So
there could still be two separate rules for T-shirt and
E-mail/e-mail/email.
Tracy
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Tracy Boyington tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org
Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education
Stillwater, OK, USA http://www.okvotech.org/cimc/home.htm
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