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Subject:Re: How do you spell it? From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info> To:<cor -at- techwritercor -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 1 Aug 2003 17:21:23 -0400
From: <cor -at- techwritercor -dot- com>
> Ok, here's the question for the day. I have experience as a web designer
> and have heard differing view points on how 'web site' should be spelled.
>
> Is it...
>
> Website
> web site
> Web site
>
The word "Web" is a nickname for the "World Wide Web." Therefore, it must be
capitalized and a separate word, except when writing "Web-site designer."
