Should Internet be capitalized?
What's the argument for capitalizing Internet? And who says it should be internet?
We put those questions to Luke Taylor, host of the Grammar Grater podcast.
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Produced and hosted by Jon Gordon, Future Tense brings you the latest technology topics in daily five-minute capsules. From electronic privacy and digital democracy to spam and computer worms, Future Tense keeps you up to date on the rapidly changing world of technology.
Future Tense is heard in the United States during broadcasts of the CBC's As It Happens.
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February 23, 2009
Comments (1)
*The* Internet, when used as a proper noun, should be capitalized just like any other proper noun, such as Future Tense. We don't pick and choose proper nouns to capitalize based on importance or age or because we feel like it, right?
When used as an *adjective*, it makes more sense to use lower case: internet business, internet bandwidth, internet protocols.
Posted by Brianary | February 25, 2009 12:21 PM
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