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afa · 07-06-2010, 04:15 AM

I think both the Internet and Earth should be capitalised.

They're both proper nouns, and are the name of a specific thing. The Internet refers to one particular global network, Earth is the name of one particular planet in our solar system.

But both are used in non-caps enough that I guess it doesn't really matter.

07-06-2010, 04:15 AM	#19
afa The Forgotten Posts: 1,136 Karma: 4689999 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Dubai Device: Kindle Paperwhite; Nook HD; Sony Xperia Z3 Compact	I think both the Internet and Earth should be capitalised. They're both proper nouns, and are the name of a specific thing. The Internet refers to one particular global network, Earth is the name of one particular planet in our solar system. But both are used in non-caps enough that I guess it doesn't really matter.