#32956: Modernise spellings of Web, Email et al
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Reporter: David Smith | Owner: nobody
Type: Uncategorized | Status: new
Component: Uncategorized | Version: 3.2
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Historically it was 'The Web' but as language has evolved it is now the
'web' with a lower case w.
Popular style guides of the NYT, AP and the Guardian newspaper in the UK
all use the lower case version. This lower case preference is also true of
other tech words such as email, and we should audit for those as well as
part of this ticket.
https://web.archive.org/web/20150714234606/https://www.thewire.com/national/2013/10
/tweet-and-email-are-now-fit-print/70864/
https://twitter.com/APStylebook/status/716279539052191746?s=19
https://www.theguardian.com/guardian-observer-style-guide-w
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