Most folks do not worry about things like whether or not Internet should begin with an upper-case I. The outlets for my writing do seem to care. Actually, they probably only care that I have some rule in my head that I am able to follow consistently. Until now, my rule has been to begin references to THE Web in “caps” (e.g., Internet, Web).
Now, it appears I will have to unlearn my rule. Wired magazine now reports that the rule has changed. This makes sense to me, but it also means I will have to use my word processor to search for all of the “Internets” and “Webs” in the ms. I am now revising and make changes. I would not want to appear unknowledgeable on such matters.
So — repeat after me — the Internet is just the internet.
P.S. – I am not editing previous posts to this blog. All errors – punctuation, spelling, capitalization — will stand as originally committed.
