It's in the Family Genes

Here's an e-mail exchange between My Brother the IT Geek^tm and one of his colleagues:

From: Frances
To: William [my brother]
Subject: Errol's new laptop connection for internet

Errol asked if he needs a special cable since this is a "small" connector and usually has a larger connection or cable. He's leaving at 1 or so. Sorry for the fire drill, but he needs an answer.

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From: William
To: Frances
Subject: RE: Errol's new laptop connection for internet

By the way, Internet is capitalized. By contrast, intranet is not.

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From: Frances
To: William
Subject: RE: Errol's new laptop connection for internet

Thanks, Professor!

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From: William
To: Frances
Subject: RE: Errol's new laptop connection for internet

I just thought you would want to know that. It could be worse: my sister in NY is a copyeditor.

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