The respected AP Stylebook announced (via Twitter) that “Web site” should now be written as “website.” This would cause newspaper copy editors great excitement, if there were any newspaper copy editors anymore.
“Now what about ‘Web log?'” asks the Chicago Trib’s Eric Zorn. Mr. Zorn also wants to “lower-case the Internet.”
Hat-Tip: Mashable. Yes, we know about the American Copy Editors Society (ACES).
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