Capitalizing Web and Internet

[Wilson Gray]

FWIW, I can't remember seeing "World Wide Web" uncapitalized. OTOH,
when I first became familiar with the term, _internet_, back ca.1991,
it was *never* capitalized. Not on Mac sites, at least. Then, for some
reason, it began to be capitalized and, after fighting the good fight,
I've succumbed.

-Wilson

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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> Capitalizing "Internet" and "Web" has long been a pet peeve of mine,
> though I do so since I have to follow accepted standards for business.
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> As Wikipedia points out (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_capitalization_conventions
> ), items such as "the sky" and "the power grid" are not capitalized.
> Wikipedia also says that a number of anglophonic publications mainly
> outside of North America have switched to "internet".
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> Chicago says "Web site" for formal writing and that "website" is
> recommendable for informal/friendly writing: http://tinyurl.com/ypfmm.
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> On April 16, 2008, Wired published an article announcing they will no
> longer capitalize internet, net and web: http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2004/08/64596
> . BB
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