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Old 08-09-2023, 06:17 PM   #1676
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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives View Post
Since English has no standards body, pretty much everything is based on usage and laziness. You used to only see "e-mail" when the concept of e-mail was new, but as people became more familiar with it, "email" became widespread. I guess eventually people get too lazy to type the extra character.
I think it's because e-mail is wrong as it doesn't go with other similar words such a eBooks.
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