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[The same content is available in French in the article INTERNET/NET (RECOMMANDATION LINGUISTIQUE DU BUREAU DE LA TRADUCTION).]
To standardize the use of Internet and its short form Net in the federal public service, the Translation Bureau makes the following recommendation.
Internet is normally capitalized; the short form Net may be capitalized or written in lower case:
Net is not capitalized when it forms part of a compound written as one word:
Internet and Net are preceded by the article the when they stand alone:
Internet and Net are preceded by the preposition on:
Internet and Net are capitalized when
However, it is becoming increasingly common to see internet without a capital and preceded by the definite article:
Internet and Net are not capitalized when
When used as modifiers, Internet and Net do not agree with the nouns they follow:
Usually, Internet is not preceded by an article:
However, it is becoming common to see the article l’ used before Internet, especially when it is written in lower case:
Net is preceded by the article le:
Internet and Net are preceded by the preposition sur or dans:
For more information on Internet, see
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