RE: "Email" vs. "E-mail"

Subject: RE: "Email" vs. "E-mail"
From: "Secara, Maggie" <MSecara -at- sjm -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:51:57 -0700



Of Steven Brown we hear

>
> My company uses "email," even though it conflicts with
> most style guides. We have yet to hear from any user
> who's encountered the word and been confused.
>
> That said, if I were the king, I'd use "e-mail."
>

As would I, but at the last 3 or 4 contracts the company standard (or
habit) has been "email". What can you do but go along? My resume and
references sheet, however, still use "e-mail". It's a style issue, not
grammar.

Maggie

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