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Thread ID: 68593 2006-05-04 08:15:00 Email? email? e-mail? E-mail? dan@pcworld (7250) PC World Chat
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452038 2006-05-04 11:47:00 I think e-mail should be the right conventional way to write because it is supposed to be short for electronic-mail. Why should electronic be capitalised?

Cheers :)
Renmoo (66)
452039 2006-05-04 11:59:00 Well in the same way that one writes P.O. Box No. for Post Office Box Number not p.o. box no. That is electronic Mail, eMail, as in iPod, iMac, and more that I can't think of right now. Agreed methods of doing things add cohesiveness and a feeling of solidness to the society, something which is sadly lacking these days. I agree it is just convention though. zqwerty (97)
452040 2006-05-04 13:06:00 At work the official :rolleyes: guidelines allow for either e-mail or email- neither is preferred, although like JamesKan I prefer e-mail, since 'electronic' is shortened. I would only capitalise it when beginning a sentence with it- poor grammar I imagine, but what the hey :) Sick Puppy (6959)
452041 2006-05-04 13:24:00 iPod, iMac,What does the i stand for?

What about oMail for on-line mail
Rob99 (151)
452042 2006-05-04 13:51:00 i stands for internet, in the eMac e is for education. zqwerty (97)
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