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Subject:Re: e-mail or email? From:Jan Boomsliter <boom -at- CADENCE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 30 Dec 1994 08:59:42 -0800
What book? Why capitalize? What is the hyphen for?
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In my book of proper grammer & word usage, it's E-mail (with E capitalized)
On Thu, 22 Dec 1994, CJBenz wrote:
> On 2 Dec 1994, johno -at- spry -dot- com wrote (among other things):
>
> >That sums it all up--what's proper convention these days for the
> >shortened e-mail?
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> FWIW, I use "e-mail."
>
>
> Chris Benz
> Author, Technical Writer, Computer Trainer
> 6229438 -at- mcimail -dot- com
> "You learn something new every day--whether you want to or not."
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