Re: [microsound] [ot] [politics] "that internet thing"

[Richard Zvonar <zvonar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:13 AM -0400 10/15/04, chthonic streams wrote:

>>I think you're right. The generic use of "internet" (lower case) is 
>>now mostly historic, though the capitalization of the global 
>>version remains preferred usages (as does Web, though this is 
>>fading).
>
>unfortunately not with proofreaders and copy editors.  they also 
>insist on referring to this mode of communication as "E-mail".

I think that depends on which proofreaders and copy editors you're 
referencing. For instance, at Computer Music Journal (MIT Press) 
"Internet" and "Web" are standard. "E-mail" would probably be better 
as lower case.

The test for capitalization is whether a word is a proper noun.

Apropos and controversial: Wired News has dropped capitalization of 
"Internet," "Web," and "Net" as of August 16, 2004.
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