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AP demotes the Internet: Lowercase ‘internet,’ ‘web’

By Paul Bedard

Published June 1, 2016 11:42pm ET

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AP demotes the Internet: Lowercase ‘internet,’ ‘web’ — The Internet, Web, or whatever you call it, has become old hat. As of Wednesday, the AP Stylebook, the Bible of news style, lower cased “internet” and “web.” Starting today, AP uses lowercase internet and web in all instances. #APStyleChat — AP Stylebook (@APStylebook) June 1, 2016 That is just one of 250 new or […]

The Internet, Web, or whatever you call it, has become old hat.

As of Wednesday, the AP Stylebook, the Bible of news style, lower cased “internet” and “web.”

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