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Web addresses

Write in all lowercase, with no spaces between the characters.

Text containing web addresses, email addresses, or other uniform resource locators is punctuated normally: Learn more at macalester.edu/reunion. The Reunion web page, which you can find at macalester.edu/reunion/, is an excellent source of information.(6.8)

When necessary because of a line break, break an electronic address on either side of a slash (keep two slashes together) or at a period, which goes at the beginning rather than at the end of a line. Don’t break at a hyphen (or, if necessary, break before, not after, a hyphen), and never add a hyphen.

In print, do not use the “http://” when referring to a web site. The “www.” is not used when referring to the main Macalester web site or other websites that do not require typing in “www.” Most browsers will find most sites without the www., but if you’re not sure, please test it.

which/that

*“That” is a restrictive, or defining, pronoun; it introduces a phrase or clause that is essential to the meaning of the sentence. Example: Mary went to a school that was known for its rigor.

*“Which” is a nonrestrictive, or descriptive, pronoun; the phrase or clause it introduces, which is usually set off by commas, could be eliminated without changing the meaning of the sentence. Example: Mary went to Macalester, which is in Minnesota, with her cousin Louise.

white

See also Black.

Lowercase when referring to the racial group: Seven of the students were white, and three were Black.

World Wide Web

In general references to the World Wide Web, lowercase as “the web.” (7.80)