Re: Dumb question: is it "email", "Email", "e-mail", or "E-mail"

["Mike McCallister" <workingwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>]

As yet another data point, I think I've been using "email" for a decade now,
and I don't remember anyone asking for clarification, nor taking me to task
for using this horrid construction. OTOH, I've never screamed at anyone for
using the hyphenated version either.


Mike McCallister
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On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Laura Lemay <lemay -at- lauralemay -dot- com> wrote:

>
>
> On Jan 7, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Leonard C. Porrello wrote:
> > On Google there were ...
> >
> > 2,890,000,000 hits for email
> >
> > 7,830,000,000 hits for e-mail
>
> You can't use a google fight in this instance because Google removes
> the dash (google doesn't do punctuation, something that is insanely
> infuriating if you're trying to search for code).  You're actually
> getting a google search for either e or mail.  (and I'm not so sure
> about the e).
>
> Pick one and use it consistently.  150 years from now, assuming we're
> not all wirelessly communicating through implants in our brains, we're
> still going to quarreling over this.
>
> Laura
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