699 - When to Capitalize Computer Terms. StetWalk

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Today I answer listener questions about how to write about a Word document, a PDF file, or a zip file. And learn how to play along with #StetWalk! LINKS AND SPONSORS | Stitcher App: http://stitcherapp.com/grammar | Grammar Girl Email Newsletter: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/newsletters | Grammar Girl's AP style webinar: http://bit.ly/GrammarWebinar2019 | GRAMMAR POP iOS GAME | Optimized for iPad: http://bit.ly/iPadGrammarPop | For iPad and iPhone: http://bit.ly/GrammarPopMobile | GRAMMAR GIRL BOOKS | http://bit.ly/GrammarPopBooks | GRAMMAR GIRL IS PART OF THE QUICK AND DIRTY TIPS PODCAST NETWORK | VOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)

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0:00.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:04.8	Grammar Girl, here I'm Minyon Foggerty,
0:06.9	and you can think of me as your friendly guide
0:08.9	to the English language, writing, history,
0:11.6	rules, and cool stuff.
0:13.4	Today, I have a quick and dirty tip
0:15.0	about how to write the names of computer programs
0:17.6	and document formats, and a tidbit about something
0:21.0	called Stetwok.
0:23.1	And now onto those pesky computer-related words.
0:26.4	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:29.0	A listener named Ernon wrote that he was writing
0:31.3	about word documents and PDF documents or files.
0:35.1	He said, quote, I'm struggling to know the proper way
0:37.9	to address the name of these items.
0:40.6	Is it word document capitalized or word document lowercase?
0:44.8	Is it dot PDF document with a period before the PDF,
0:48.9	or just PDF lowercase, or all capital PDF?"
0:52.3	unquote.
0:53.4	He also asked how to talk about multiple PDF files.
0:57.0	In other words, how to make PDF plural.
1:00.2	These are great questions.
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