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[Nancy Wichmann]

Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
1. e-mail, not email
I agree with this one. The "e" is a qualifier rather than part of the word.

2. With the use of the word "web" these three items seems inconsistent:
# website or site, not web-site or web site
# homepage, not home page
# web page
Again, I see "web" and "home" as qualifiers, so they should be separated. In
these cases, they serve as adjectives, so the hyphen should not be present
(as opposed the "e" above). So I would write "web site," "home page," and
"web page." [BTW, another common mistake, not that punctuation properly goes
inside the quotes.]

The common spell-checkers will tell you "Internet" and "web."  I have never
understood this; I suspect it is an anachronism. I personally believe it
should depend upon usage. When used as a proper noun, the should be
capitalized, otherwise not.  "The Web is a wonderful thing."  "My internet
programming skills could be better."

Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. - Martin L. King, Jr.

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