If one has to capitalize the word "e-mail," should the letter "m" also be capitalized? Thanks.
A Allen165 Key Member Joined Aug 8, 2009 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language English Home Country Canada Current Location Switzerland Apr 14, 2010 #1 If one has to capitalize the word "e-mail," should the letter "m" also be capitalized? Thanks.
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Apr 14, 2010 #2 Jasmin165 said: If one has to capitalize the word "e-mail," should the letter "m" also be capitalized? Thanks. Click to expand... As far as I'm concerned, no. If the word comes at the beginning of a sentence then of course you have to capitalise the "E", but "E-mail" is fine. You will find that the hyphen is being used less and less. Most people I know would say that have "an email address" (no hyphen).
Jasmin165 said: If one has to capitalize the word "e-mail," should the letter "m" also be capitalized? Thanks. Click to expand... As far as I'm concerned, no. If the word comes at the beginning of a sentence then of course you have to capitalise the "E", but "E-mail" is fine. You will find that the hyphen is being used less and less. Most people I know would say that have "an email address" (no hyphen).