Captilization Advice

[JoyRCalderwood]

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?

[Celeste Stewart]

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.

[CharlotteAndrews]

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)?

[Lysis]

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

[Celeste Stewart]

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...