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Subject:Re: S/he discussion (and e-mail/email) From:Tracy Boyington <trlyboyi -at- GENESIS -dot- ODVTE -dot- STATE -dot- OK -dot- US> Date:Wed, 20 Dec 1995 13:35:47 +0000
> >I just read a book in which the author simply switched pronouns
> >every few paragraphs.
> Bill Gates does that in _The Road Ahead_.
Uh oh...if Bill does it, pretty soon we'll all have to do it.
Marriage must have gotten to the big guy.
>He also hyphenates email. ...RM
I read something about this recently (wish I'd kept it or remembered
where I saw it :-( ) that said you should hyphenate e-mail because it
stands for "electronic mail," which is *currently* two separate words.
The author acknowledged that "e-mail" would eventually be replaced by
"email," but not yet. And "E-mail" is just not done (faux pas!).
Tracy
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Tracy Boyington
Technical Communication Specialist
Oklahoma Department of Vocational & Technical Education
Stillwater, Oklahoma
I never express opinions, but if one slips out, it belongs
to me and not ODVTE.
"I think I did pretty well, considering I started out
with nothing but a bunch of blank paper."
-- Steve Martin
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