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Lazy-legs Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Web or web?
Hello,
I'd like to hear your expert opinion(s) on this one. American English is quite consistent regarding use of the word Web, which is capitalising it and using it as the "stand-alone" word, for example, Web server, Web page, and Web browser. However, I'm a bit confused when it comes to British English. A quick look in the Oxford dictionary gives the following results: website, webmaster, but web page. So which one is right: web server or webserver, web application or webapplication? Somehow I 'feel' that the right forms are web application and web server (although I'm in doubt about the latter). Is there any rule of thumb?
Thank you!
Kind regards,
Dmitri
I'd like to hear your expert opinion(s) on this one. American English is quite consistent regarding use of the word Web, which is capitalising it and using it as the "stand-alone" word, for example, Web server, Web page, and Web browser. However, I'm a bit confused when it comes to British English. A quick look in the Oxford dictionary gives the following results: website, webmaster, but web page. So which one is right: web server or webserver, web application or webapplication? Somehow I 'feel' that the right forms are web application and web server (although I'm in doubt about the latter). Is there any rule of thumb?
Thank you!
Kind regards,
Dmitri
Top answer
Hello LL Google results UK general domain web server/webserver=672,000/130,000 web application/webapplication=131,000/195 UK academic domain web server/webserver=103,000/17,000 web application/webapplication=13,800/15 USA education domain web server/webserver=928,000/99,700 web application/webapplication=91,200/641 I don't think there is a big diference between Americans and Britishers about the preference of these words. A majority of people in both countries write "web server", above all "web application" paco
- Hello LL Google results UK general domain web server/webserver=672,000/130,000 web application/webapplication=131,000/195 UK academic domain web server/webserver=103,000/17,000 web application/webapplication=13,800/15 USA education domain web server/webserver=928,000/99,700 web application/webapplication=91,200/641 I don't think there is a big diference between Americans and Britishers about the preference of these words.
- A majority of people in both countries write "web server", above all "web application" paco
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Hello LL
Google results
Google results
UK general domain web server/webserver=672,000/130,000 web application/webapplication=131,000/195
UK academic domain web server/webserver=103,000/17,000 web application/webapplication=13,800/15
USA education domain web server/webserver=928,000/99,700 web application/webapplication=
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These are all new words in the language, Lazy-legs, and evolving fast. There is probably a new 'web-something' every week or so. Historicallly, such words start as two words (web site), then develop a hyphen (web-site), before melding into a single word (webpage). This process happens rather quickly on the WWW, somwtimes bypassing a step, and there is no rule-making body. The onl
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Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you for your detailed reply.
Kind regards,
Dmitri
Thank you for your detailed reply.
Kind regards,
Dmitri
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