How to write the word internet

The word Internet has entered the Russian language for quite some time. It has been used for many years, but there are still disagreements about how to write it correctly.

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The topic "how to write the word Internet" has been debatable from the very beginning. Some representatives of the scientific community insisted that it should be capitalized as a proper name. They justified this by the fact that the Internet is by no means the only global information network, although the largest and most popular. Nevertheless, the existence of other vast information networks does not allow the Internet to be considered a household name. Opponents of this position say that the term is so widespread and generally accepted that the spelling of the word Internet is quite valid with a small letter.

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Initially, it was customary to write the word Internet (from the English Internet) only with a capital letter and not to incline. Many adhere to this option to this day. In particular, it is recommended to write it with a lowercase letter in the Russian Language Dictionary of the Russian Academy of Sciences (editor - V.V. Lopatin). The dictionary also allows the declension of the word by cases as a masculine noun: the Internet, the Internet. Thus, despite the opinion of many that the word Internet has already become a household word and it must be written with a lowercase letter, the rules of the Russian language still prescribe the use of capitalization. The same rule is recorded in the Russian Spelling Dictionary, which was prepared by the Russian Language Institute. V.V. Vinogradov.

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The word Internet does not require quotation marks, like many other one-word names, especially those starting with a capital letter. Synonyms are the words World Wide Web (or Network), World Wide Web (Web).

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In compound derivative words, such as an Internet portal, an online store, an Internet project, an Internet publication, an Internet provision, the first part is written with a lowercase letter, since it is believed that it is identical to the adjective and has a descriptive character. In this case, this prefix means "related to the Internet, related to it", is written with a hyphen with the second part of the compound word and is not inclined.