A few months ago, I looked up the spelling of “email” in my Canadian Oxford Spelling Dictionary (the one used by the Canadian Press) and to my surprise, it was spelled “E-mail” I started to take notice in other publications, and it seems the American Press style is the same.

Yesterday, I received the Email Experience Council’s monthly newsletter, which included a survey about how to spell “email/eMail/e-mail/E-mail” It also said they were going to use the data to come up with a standard.

I’m interested to see where this goes. I’ve always followed CP style/spelling - afterall, they research the most readable spellings and styles, so it just makes sense to use it. However, “E-mail” is out of date. I think most people can agree that “email” is the norm.

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