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OK, one more opinion. To hell with all the rules: which one's
easier to read?<br>
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I vote for website.<br>
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At 04:40 PM 9/22/2003 -0400, Kathryn Rotondo wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>From the technical side... the W3C
(standards organization for the WWW), uses both "website" and
"web site" on their various pages. A quick Google search
of <a href="http://www.w3.org/" eudora="autourl">http://www.w3.org/</a>
reveals only that "web site" is far more popular, returning
9,000 pages (versus 800 for "website").<br>
<br>
Kathryn<br>
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At 04:02 PM 9/22/2003 -0400, James Wolken wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Gayle,<br>
<br>
I'm a devotee of the Chicago Manual of Style for a myriad of reasons, not
the least of which is that they simply are the best. Technically,
Web is the shortened version of World Wide Web Consortium, and hence is a
proper noun of a product name. The way Coke is short for
Coca-Cola. The CMS and I would opine that Web site should be two
words & capitalized. If only because you can have a Web site, a
Web editor, a Web mess, etc.<br>
<br>
Common currency has already given coin to website as one word, but 'tis
technically a slang usage, and best saved for informal writing. Unless
one is a hip-hop artist who employs creative spelling to make a (valid)
socio-economic point, one should stick to the basic rules. There
once was a day when the Web couldn't appear without the words "New
Economy" next to it; alas, that idea has faded, and so too the
notion that the Web suddenly makes of grammar a whole new ballgame...er,
ball game.<br>
<br>
For a fascinating discussion of "Web site" and other
"online" words, view the CMS question & answer page
at:
<a href="http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/cmosfaq.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/cmosfaq.html</a><br>
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Best,<br>
Jim Wolken<br>
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At 02:24 PM 9/22/2003 -0400, Gayle Sherman wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Greetings, editors,<br>
I have a question about "web site": it has been typed as
two words in the NYTImes, WSJ, etc., but I see on today's MIT home page,
in the News section, that one word does it all. Is this just MIT
being trendy? I'm wondering if the pub I'm working on should
include website or web site information, and appreciate your
insights. Thanks.<br>
-Gayle<br>
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