Tim Ellsworth

So I got the newest edition of the AP Stylebook in the mail today, and AP still insists on capitalizing the word “Internet.” I sent them a suggestion several months ago that “Internet” should be lowercased, because it’s nothing more than a common noun. I also suggested that “e-mail” should not be hyphenated and should be one word: “email.”

Unfortunately, they didn’t implement my suggestions in the new version of the book. To protest, from now on I will refuse to capitalize the word “internet” on this blog (unless I’m quoting from a news story in which it is capitalized). I will also refer to electronic mail as “email,” instead of “e-mail.”

That’ll show ‘em.