{"id":320,"date":"2004-08-20T08:39:53","date_gmt":"2004-08-20T13:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studytools.psych.und.nodak.edu\/wordpress\/?p=320"},"modified":"2004-08-20T08:43:15","modified_gmt":"2004-08-20T13:43:15","slug":"internet-becomes-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2004\/08\/20\/internet-becomes-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet becomes internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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).<\/p>\n

Now, it appears I will have to unlearn my rule. Wired magazine<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

So — repeat after me — the Internet is just the internet.<\/p>\n

P.S. – I am not editing previous posts to this blog. All errors – punctuation, spelling, capitalization — will stand as originally committed.<\/p>\n

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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 … Continue reading Internet becomes internet<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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