edittorrent: Major punctuation news!

Friday, March 18, 2011

Jordan said...: Welcome to the modern age, AP!

(Is it still "Web site"?); March 18, 2011 at 11:25 PM
nerinedorman said...: LOL! Even some of the departments at the paper where I work can't decide whether the email hyphen stays.; March 19, 2011 at 1:14 AM
Adrian said...: About stinkin' time. I've used email since the mid '80s, and I've never hyphenated it.; March 19, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Clark Stone said...: I say it is about time. When I first used the word back in the mid-90s, AP had not made a decision on it yet. My professor told me he didn't have a preference but he did want me to pick one and stick to it. I picked the version "email" and have not varied from it since.

Dennis H. Clarkston
AKA Clark Stone; March 19, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Edittorrent said...: Oh, yes, website. "Web site" always seems so fusty! And "e-book". Ebook!; March 19, 2011 at 12:44 PM
Jenny Maloney said...: Seems an obvious statement but must be said: 'email' is so much easier to type. =); March 19, 2011 at 9:36 PM