#WomensMonth

From dust to dignity: How one woman is rebuilding South Africa, one life at a time

Spar Women’s Challenge Tshwane: A celebration of purpose, empowerment and giving back

Fibre Circle's Edith Leeuta champions the circular economy

Maroefah Smith

More...

Subscribe & Follow

BizTrendsTV

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Faith Popcorn: The people's pushback trend

Advertise your job vacancies

Jobs

Motorsport Media Coordinator Johannesburh
Media Planning Manager Cape Town
Paid Advertising Specialist Pretoria
Web Content Editor Johannesburg
Afrikaans Journalist Centurion
Sales Representative Pretoria
Data Operations Specialist / Media Data Coordinator Cape Town
Digital Media Sales Strategist - Media Sales House Johannesburg
Junior Production Coordinator Countrywide
Brand Strategist Cape Town

More jobs Submit a job Open account

AP Style guide strips the 'internet' of its proper noun status

The AP Stylebook - an influential media style guide that shaped online writing styles the world over - has announced on Twitter that it will no longer refer to the internet as a proper noun, using a lower case I instead.

By Andy Walker

4 Apr 2016

AP Style guide strips the 'internet' of its proper noun status

The change will come into effect when the 2016 version of the Stylebook launches, and also marks a change in the way the world sees the internet.

As the internet grows, it becomes a more “decentralised”, ubiquitous web of communication and information, Thus referring to it as a proper noun, or a single, defined entity, doesn’t quite make sense.

Oh, and the “web” mentioned earlier will also be referred to as the “web” with a lowercase W...

Continue reading the full article on Memeburn.

Share this article

NextOptions

Andy Walker

About Andy Walker

Camper by day, run-and-gunner by night, Andy is editor at Memeburn and prefers his toast like his coffee -- dark and crunchy. Specialising in spotting the next big Instagram cat star, Andy also dabbles in smartphone and game reviews over on Gearburn.