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I don't know about the rest of the world, but I use an initial cap to signify an entity. Hence, 'the internet' vs Multivax (Asimov's 'internet' AI). And, for that matter, 'the sky' vs 'Blue Sky Mining'
![]() My opinion? When I start thinking of the internet as having its own personality, I will capitalise it. I've been on the net for 15 years and I've NEVER called it the Internet. |
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Why dont we just get it over with and ask Al Gore?
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I think both the Internet and Earth should be capitalised.
They're both proper nouns, and are the name of a specific thing. The Internet refers to one particular global network, Earth is the name of one particular planet in our solar system. But both are used in non-caps enough that I guess it doesn't really matter. |
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