Do you remember that chapter in this book, the very first one, in which I wrote about how I, when used as a pronoun, is capitalised? Prepare yourself for a post like that, except, this time, I will be writing about a mistake I see even the most professional of writers make: internet.
Proper nouns are words that refer to a specific person, place, thing, et cetera. So, things from "New York" to "Civil War" are propor nouns. For those who don't know, proper nouns take upper-case letters. That means "albert einstein" is incorrect, because it should be "Albert Einstein."
Internet refers to the worldwide network. There is not more than one Internet, much less more than one kind. It refers to one specific thing. That means it's a proper noun. Which means—drum roll, please—it takes a capital letter.
Even if you don't place this grammar rule inside your long-term memory, I plead you to use spell check. Although many correct things of mine have been labelled as wrong, and vice versa, Wattpad spellcheck has it right when it comes to this.
Learn this lesson. Apply it correctly. Please and thank you.
P.S. There is one exception to using a capital letter on Internet. It is unlikely, however, that you will be using the word in that context very frequently.
P.P.S. I found a website dedicated to the fact that Internet is a proper noun; it even brings up the aforementioned exception: internetisapropernoun.com
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Literatura FaktuThis is going to work as follows: I go on Wattpad in a bad-ish mood. I will see multiple grammar mistakes; that's inevitable. Then, I can rant about common/proper usage in this very book. This is going to be fun.
