Online style guide
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blunder .. a gaff is a hook
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bird names are lower case
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also Nielsen poll
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If you get this wrong ('Games of Thrones' for instance...) you need to brush up on your popular culture.
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current usage is jail, not gaol
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If you mean a kind of attic then it's garret. The federal Labor MP, ex Midnight Oil, is Peter Garrett.
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to gauge someone's interest ... not *guage
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gay and lesbian people or couples—not 'gays and lesbians'
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has a very specific meaning and is used in art, music and literature to indicate a style or type. Poetry and drama are genres within literature. Jazz is a genre within music. Major branches of knowledge such as science, history, philosophy or religion cannot sensibly be described as genres.
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Gerard Henderson is the executive director of the Sydney Institute. Gerald Henderson is an American basketball player, so it's advisable not to muddle them up.
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party drug
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gold leaf, gold paint ... but you feel guilty
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one word
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gone missing, dead
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for goodness sake (no apostrophe)
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complicated problem to be cut through
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the ape, guerilla the war
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Australian government, federal government, state government, the government, Howard government, Rudd government ... Commonwealth government
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not grafitti
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as in 'her granny'
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refers to England, Scotland and Wales. UK (United Kingdom) refers to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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grill is for cooking, grille is a grating
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events can be either groundbreaking (innovative) or historic (historically significant), never 'ground making'
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is a feeling; gilt involves gold paint or gold leaf
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