Re: "Email" vs. "E-mail"

[Bryan Sherman <bsherm -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Actually, the argument that leaned me towards hyphenating e-words was
just the opposite of this. The examples used were x-ray and o-ring.
Despite years of use, still hyphenated.

I tend to make the argument for consistency across e-words, since some
words would be very confusing if they were not hyphenated. Not an
issue I will expend alot of capital on, as an itinerant tech writer, I
will make my case, but move on if the client really wants email.

On 7/15/05, Downing, David <DavidDowning -at- users -dot- com> wrote:
> 
> I personally prefer the spelling with the hyphen, because it clarifies
> how the word is to be pronounced, but my observation is that the
> spelling without the hyphen seems to be the preferred one/  And this
> would be in line with normal linguistic drift.  Word that start out as
> hyphenated tend to involve into compounds words with no hyphen.
>

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