'Shindig'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I've got a copyedit issue I wanted to run by the 'fistas.
Thoughout, she capitalized the words internet and 'net.
Like so: I’m unaware of any sort of human disconnect occurring from networking software and Internet use; it was always a way to connect, for me.
And: At each place, she was welcomed by these strangers on the Net, who took time off from work and planned sightseeing tours of their home cities.
It's making me nuts. Ease my pain?
Allyson, I've seen "internet" with a lower-case "i" much more frequently than the upper-case. (That said, my company's house style is to capitalize it, and right now I can't even remember why.)
As for Net vs. 'net -- the upper-case version makes me think of a fishing net. That's why the apostrophe, duh, crazy copy editor!
Allyson: Wiredlink
(That said, my company's house style is to capitalize it, and right now I can't even remember why.)I worked somewhere that capped Website and it's taken me ages to not type that automagically still. Which is ironic cause I nearly always screwed it up when I actually worked there.
Allyson, the style guide here at the Evil Empire capitalizes Internet (and Web). I personally don't agree with those rules, and understand why the changes would make you nuts.
I agree with capitalising Internet (although I often don't) but for some reason don't think it needs to get to net. There are many nets, and the net is the Internet. Unless otherwise specified.
Whose bright idea was the day job? Honestly.
But does it makes sense to say, "I heard on new sone on the Radio."?
Maybe it's just just because my default is lowercase? I mean, they left your name with the lower i, throughout your essay.
No, but in the first twenty or so years of radio it might have.
Our company standart is Internet capped, intranet, etc. lower. Web is only caps if you're referencing World Wide Web - has anyone done that since like 1990?
Oh dear god. There was just an insurance commercial on. Featuring rabbits in rehab after having their foot reattached. Complete with bandages, treadmills, water therapy... I don't know whether to laugh or be horrified.
I'm having this weird issue in Word. I have a document with tables, and whenever a new table appears, word puts it on the next page instead of having it start directly below the paragraph.
I checked the box in table properties to allow row breaks, but it just won't allow me to move the table up below the text. It looks screwy.
Any ideas?