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  • About the Style Manual
    • Foreword by the Hon Patrick Gorman MP
    • How to use the Style Manual
    • How to cite the Style Manual
    • Government writing handbook
      • Front matter
      • Section 1: Write for your readers
      • Section 2: Write so your meaning is clear
      • Editor's tips
        • Active and passive voice
        • Always use an Australian dictionary
        • Headings
        • It’s and its
        • Numbers: choosing numerals or words
        • Paragraphs, structure and narratives that flow
        • Parallel structure for lists
        • Positive sentences
        • Punctuation and quotation marks
        • Sentence length
        • Word order
        • ‘You and me’ or ‘you and I’?
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  • Accessible and inclusive content
  • Writing and designing content
  • Grammar, punctuation and conventions
  • Content types
  • Structuring content
  • Referencing and attribution

Editor's tips

  • Active and passive voice

  • Always use an Australian dictionary

  • Headings

  • It’s and its

  • Numbers: choosing numerals or words

  • Paragraphs, structure and narratives that flow

  • Parallel structure for lists

  • Positive sentences

  • Punctuation and quotation marks

  • Sentence length

  • Word order

  • ‘You and me’ or ‘you and I’?

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