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Sentence case, title case and the titles of works
Writers often refer to the titles of published and unpublished material (works) in their content. There are different rules for styling the titles of various types of works such as books, magazines and podcasts. The rules use capitalisation (sentence case and title case), punctuation, and italic or roman type to help users identify titles easily.
18 September 2025
Dangling modifiers
When an introductory clause isn’t connected properly to the main clause, it’s called a ‘dangling modifier’.
20 March 2025
Launch of the Government writing handbook
On Monday 25 November 2024, The Hon Patrick Gorman MP, Assistant Minister for the Public Service released the Government writing handbook.
25 November 2024