E-What?
A Guide to the Quirks of New Media Style and Usage
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Table of Contents
Foreword
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Tricky question |
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| We were just sitting around the office debating whether sentences
can ever begin with a lower-case letter. Then I saw the latest
issue of The Editorial Eye [published
by EEI Press] on my desk. I said, "THEY would know!" Please
weigh in on our debate. Our editors want to start sentences
with a lower-case letter when a business spells its name with
an initial lower-case letter: eLocal.com. Should a sentence
ALWAYS start with a capital letter?* |
If you write or edit publications that ever
mention computers, new media, or the Internet, E-What?
can help you make sure that style and usage issues don't get in
the way of your readers.
Traditional style guides simply can't keep track of newly coined
Web-related terms. And computer dictionaries aren't helpful for
making consistent editorial decisions about questions like: Is
it media is or media are? an URL or a
URL? Web site or website? (*And yes, you still
need to start a sentence with a capital letter.)
Consistency is your goal — but IT keeps changing.
Whether you are a content creator actively involved in IT (information
technology) or you write and edit publications for or about new
media, you need up-to-the minute information about styling rules
and workarounds for your next encounter with mid-capped trade
names and verbed nouns. E-What? explains how to:
- Keep punctuation, capitalization, and compounding consistent
- Format Internet addresses and bibliographic citations
- Finesse abbreviations, odd trade names, and troublesome IT
terms
- Write for a Web audience that may be international
- Pick your style battles (many "rules" are a matter of preference)
- Conserve the rules of English usage that still apply
- Create your own style guide — and ensure that it gets used
- Enhance the readability of online content
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