The Associated Press has revised its Stylebook usage rule from the clumsy two-word “Web site” to the more common usage “website” – the way many techies have spelled it for years. The change now conforms with Webster’s Dictionary.
According to the AP Stylebook website: “Correct AP style is now website (one word, lowercase), in line with Webster’s preference. The dictionary also takes note of the two-word spelling, which some may elect to use.”
Readers and writers are cautioned that “web page” remains two words.
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