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Transitive and intransitive verbs

Knowing about transitivity can help you to write more clearly. A transitive verb should be close to the direct object for a sentence to make sense.

8 August 2022
‘Whole-of-government’, a whole can of worms …

‘Whole-of-government’ is jargon. Take care to use ‘whole-of-government’ only when it makes your content clearer.

4 March 2022
On the level with readability

Readability guidelines make your writing more accessible, but this means more than relying on a readability score.

30 November 2021
Making our content easier to find

We’ve changed the structure of the Style Manual to make it easier to find information

7 September 2021

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