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Old 12-04-2010, 09:23 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Marc Johnson View Post
I emailed Grammar Girl about this once and she said that 'ebooks' or 'e-books' is fine. Things tend to start out with hyphen but then disappear after time like email. However, the one thing she said was wrong was 'eBooks.'
I like 'eBook' over 'ebook'. My reasoning is that 'eBook' emphasizes 'book' over the 'electronic', while with 'ebook' both 'electronic' and 'book' have similar emphasis. One part of the new word describes the media, the other part describes the function. To me, the function should outweigh the media in most situations.

Thank God, Grammar Girl isn't Grammar Woman!

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