Still use a hyphen in the word email? Mashable does not, as you can see — and as of Monday, neither does the New York Times.
"By popular demand, we're going to remove the hyphen from e-mail," declared the Grey Lady's editor of "news presentation," Patrick LaForge, in a post on the newsroom's internal blog. He later confirmed the news in a tweet, along with some other tech word style changes:
The news is a major blow to supporters of the hyphen. The Oxford English Dictionary switched to hyphen-less "email" as early as 2007. The AP held out until 2011. The AP's main rival, the Chicago Manual of Style, still supports the hyphen, as does Merriam-Webster and the New Yorker. Then again, those guys still use umlauts.
Do you, or does anyone you know, still put a hyphen in the word "email?" Let us know in the e-comments below.
"By popular demand, we're going to remove the hyphen from e-mail," declared the Grey Lady's editor of "news presentation," Patrick LaForge, in a post on the newsroom's internal blog. He later confirmed the news in a tweet, along with some other tech word style changes:
The news is a major blow to supporters of the hyphen. The Oxford English Dictionary switched to hyphen-less "email" as early as 2007. The AP held out until 2011. The AP's main rival, the Chicago Manual of Style, still supports the hyphen, as does Merriam-Webster and the New Yorker. Then again, those guys still use umlauts.
Do you, or does anyone you know, still put a hyphen in the word "email?" Let us know in the e-comments below.
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