I love the Chicago Style Q&A. Readers send in questions, and the manuscript editing department at the University of Chicago Press answers them, often with dry, zingy, Miss Manners–esque flair. (That’s an en dash, by the way; if you can’t see it, make it one with your mind.) Save your breath for relevant queries, though: “Preference will be given to questions that are not answered here or in the Manual, and that cannot be answered with a dictionary.” Anyway, I was tickled to note this question and answer from a recent round:

Q. What is your opinion regarding the use of “email,” instead of “e-mail” (no hyphen or hyphen)?
A. I like it—but it’s not Chicago style.

Aha! Now that’s a brave stance. Anyway, I bet a carton of colons it will be Chicago style, one fine day.

Previously on Emdashes: “It no longer feels right to hyphenate the word “email,” except when necessary for work…” Continued. See also: The Great Hyphen Extinction.