The AP Stylebook is being updated for 2016 and it includes changes to the words “Internet” and “Web.”
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The new AP Stylebook for 2016 will make it so that writers no longer have to capitalize the words Internet and Web after it’s published on June 1. There are also 238 other updates in the new version of the book.
The Associated Press has been using its AP Stylebook for its own journalist for over a century and its become a staple that many other organizations use when publishing news. However, it might take some extra time for all these publications to update to the new style, reports Wired.
Here’s how some users on Twitter Inc (TWTR) responded to the AP Stylebook change.
- “The AP Stylebook Will No Longer Capitalize Internet. What a Shame. “
- “‘If we stop capping ‘Internet,’ old articles will look dated!’ Dude, it makes CURRENT articles look dated.”
- “Come summer, the word “internet” will FINALLY be lowercase in the AP Stylebook.”
- “Very disappointed to see all the people who are supporting the @APStylebook’s very wrong decision to go lowercase on Internet.”
- “@APStylebook is the Internet no longer a proper noun? If it isn’t, why do you call it ‘the’ internet?”
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