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Originally Posted by pholy
Wow, it's a day and a half since the last comment. Can we let it go now for another eight years?
Please?
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But I have these two cents which absolutely must be dropped
There is no correct spelling because obviously the issue is still evolving and it's not a settled question. Usage does seem to be dividing along discernible lines, though. The hyphenated "e-book" has become the formal spelling for use in journalistic and technical writing, while "ebook" dominates casual usage. Commercial usage trends toward imitating the eInk and iWhatnot trademarks with "eBook." We're very likely stuck with all three for quite some time.
Of course, as the novelty wears off we'll more often drop the "e" entirely in favor of "book," using "electronic" or "digital" when it's necessary to specify format.
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Originally Posted by UnderControl
bastards! should of been ebook.
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You're mangling the idiom "Should'
ve," as in a contraction of "Should have," which makes sense where a randomly inserted preposition does not. That's why Oxford doesn't contact you on these matters