not internet, Internet.

[Moogy]

Kilga wins thread.

Film at 11.

[themanwithsauce]

actually, internet shouldn't be captialized. think of it not from a person's perspective but the computer's. To get on the internet, your computer "talks" to another computer via a cable of some kind, almost like how we as people can get information between one another by letters and through telephones. Notice that we never capitalize those two. It's actually more like a verb in that sense, we can phone someone or mail something to them, only it's the computers internetting, not us.

oh, and as a side note, word processing programs are never perfect and never will be as far as grammar goes. Depending on where internet is used it might need to be capitalized or made lowercase because the english language is just that nuts.

[Squeek]

Of course grammar checks on word processors won't ever be perfect. Just don't make mistakes.

"Internet" should and always WILL BE capitalized.

The words "internetting" and "internetted" are made-up verbs. "Internet" is a proper noun.

Proper nouns are always capitalized.

I rest my case.

~Squeek

[GuidoHunter]

But, the question is, what justification is there that makes "Internet" a proper noun? I happen to think it's improper and should be lowercase. Of course, if it is proper, it should be capitalized, but the debate is about whether or not it is proper.

--Guido

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