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"The Internet" or "the internet" #1 (permalink) Wed Sep 19, 2007 17:04 pm   "The Internet" or "the internet"
 

Hi

Could you please tell me if I could write "the internet" with both a capital "I' and small "i"?

Also, can I use the word without "the"?

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"The Interent" or "the internet" #2 (permalink) Thu Sep 20, 2007 19:59 pm   "The Interent" or "the internet"
 

Hi Tom,

I think it is always 'the Internet' at least it is how they taught me at the university! Laughing

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"The Interent" or "the internet" #3 (permalink) Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:04 am   "The Interent" or "the internet"
 

BTW, you know what Bush said once?
He said "on the internets". Why did he add s at the end ? Confused
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"The Interent" or "the internet" #4 (permalink) Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:47 am   "The Interent" or "the internet"
 

Hi Alex

I'd like to think that the inimitable Mr. Bush said that because he had heard that there is something called "Internet2". Probably more likely, though, it was simply another example of a "Bushism". Wink
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"The Interent" or "the internet" #5 (permalink) Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:58 am   "The Interent" or "the internet"
 

Tom wrote:
Hi

Could you please tell me if I could write "the internet" with both a capital "I' and small "i"?

Also, can I use the word without "the"?

Tom
Hi Tom

There are lots of people who never capitalize the word "Internet" even though capitalization is technically correct. This Wikipedia article about the Internet and capitalization might be interesting for you.

No, you cannot say things such as "I surfed Internet for three hours yesterday" or "My PC is connected to Internet" or "You can find a lot of information on Internet". You need the word "the".
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"The Interent" or "the internet" #6 (permalink) Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:45 am   "The Interent" or "the internet"
 

I had already asked my teacher before three months.She told all of them are correct also she said in the past we saw 'I' capital letter many times but today the internet become puplar so we don't use I as a capital letter.
many thanks in advance
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