<html>
<body>
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><br>
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><br>
Best,<br>
Jim Wolken<br><br>
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><br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Editors mailing list<br>
Editors@mit.edu<br>
<a href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/editors" eudora="autourl">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/editors</a></blockquote><br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Editors mailing list<br>
Editors@mit.edu<br>
<a href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/editors" eudora="autourl">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/editors</a></blockquote>
<x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
<font color="#0000FF"><b>Make the Infinite Connection!<br>
</b></font>Update your address, reconnect with old friends, and more:<br>
<a href="http://alum.mit.edu/" eudora="autourl">http://alum.mit.edu/</a><br><br>
<font color="#FF00FF"><b>Where will you put your two cents?<br>
</b></font><a href="http://mit.edu/giving/" eudora="autourl">http://mit.edu/giving/</a><br><br>
Kathryn Rotondo<br>
Alumni Fund Operations<br>
MIT Alumni Association<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue, 10-110<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
phone 617/452-2608<br>
fax 617/258-6210</body>
</html>