e-mail, e-book, e-learning …. e- pioneer
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 | e-Learning pioneers
What is the correct way to refer to electronic mail in writing? Is it eMail, email, e-mail or electronic mail?
It seems as if most dictionaries, publishers and writers have standardized on e-mail. The same is true of e-book, e-learning, e-literate, e-commerce and any other e-thingy.
Don’t forget the hyphen (-). Get into the habit of using it when you write reports or e-mails.
Dear John,
Thank you for your prompt response to my e-mail …
In view of this convention in writing, I believe it will be in order to talk about an e-pioneer – using the term e-learning pioneer seems so long-winded. And perhaps e-pioneer is a more apt term to describe those people who go into schools to encourage the use of digital resources, including e-books and e-mail – their work is not only about e-learning.
Viva, all e-pioneers.
4 Comments to e-mail, e-book, e-learning …. e- pioneer
e-Africa, e-TV, e-mail, e-learing, e-many e in electronics.
e-wonder why it was e and not a or b ? What is the meaning of the e- in all the e-etc ? electronic or excellent digital world ?
Albie e-Smith
Mark CThursday, 25 February, 2010
I’m a twit – teacher with technology.
Not true. Its usual for words to evolve from hyphens to being written without hyphens. The South African Concise Oxford Dictionary lists only email.
People definitely use e-mail – 1,3 billion reference in Google. But email has 2 billion. South Africans definately prefer e-mail, some 37 million references against 17 million.
Languages evolve, that is the important thing. The hyphen in e-mail is pretty redundant and people will drop it over time.
You are quite right, Dwayne, when you say that language is evolving – the interesting figures you provide underscore the point. At present we use the hyphen; when many in our environment perceive it as redundant, it will possibly become the norm to drop it. In fact, I believe that in time even the “e” will be seen to be redundant, and that will be dropped as well. When all (or the bulk of) mail is e-mail, why not just talk about mail?
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