Associated Press Says to Start Lowercasing ‘Internet,’ ‘Web’

Wired: Is it “Internet,” with a capital “I,” or just “internet”? “Web” or “web”? Few debates in the history of the English language have raged more passionately. Now, The Associated Press — purveyor of the AP Stylebook, used by journalists for the last century to standardize mass communications — has made a pronouncement. No more will the AP insist on capitalizing either word: it’s officially declaring its allegiance to the lowercase camp. So, here’s the proper way to write it — officially. It’s “internet.” And “web.”