[Sussex] Marketing Taglines for BCF (was a Vista of Opportunity)

Mark Harrison Mark at yourpropertyexpert.com
Wed Nov 1 18:30:37 UTC 2006


> Far be it for me to criticise English but isn't "internet" a proper 
> Noun and therefore should be "Internet"?

<pedant>

Depends on the context.

An internet is a generic noun meaning a collection of interconnected
networks.

The Internet is a proper noun referring to the internet unified by the
Internet Protocol as governed by ISOC (which is where the IETF and the IAB
both now live.)

</pedant>

:-)

M.





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