Constant Content

Help me understand with your thoughts. Another place I'm writing for challenged the following:

*********We think it was largely driven by the Internet and their quest for knowledge********

I capitalized Internet and the editor said it should be " internet " small i

They also said Accounts Receivable should be " accounts receivable " not capitalized


What do you do?

Capitalizing the term Internet is debatable as some style guides still recommend capitalizing it. However, accounts receivable should be lowercase. Same with marketing department and human resources.

My very first submission here got kicked back to me for "Human Resources." Now it's one of those mistakes I will never make again.

On your issue, I agree with the editors on "internet" and with Celeste that it's not a closed subject quite yet. Anyone want to chime in on "email" (Yahoo Style guide) vs. "e-mail" (Chicago Manual of Style)?

Oh that's interesting. I always capitalize "Internet" in my articles.

I still capitalize Internet because my style guides of choice recommend it (AP Stylebook and Yahoo! Style Guide). I was happy when AP recently softened on Web site (allowing website). As far as I know, but I could be wrong, AP still recommends Internet. Must buy new copy.

It would be nice if CC would adopt one style guide as a general rule so we don't have a bunch of different reviewers all with their own ideas of which convention should be followed...