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Grammar

Capital letters

should it be the Government or the government, the District COuncil or district council....?

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Hi, It depends on the context of the sentence. Usually, it would be government, council, administration or whatever: none of these words are proper nouns. However, if the word ‘government’ is being substituted for NSW State Government where ‘government’ is a shorter substitute for NSW State Government, then the word ‘Government’ should have a capital letter.

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  • Hi, It depends on the context of the sentence.
  • Usually, it would be government, council, administration or whatever: none of these words are proper nouns.
  • However, if the word ‘government’ is being substituted for NSW State Government where ‘government’ is a shorter substitute for NSW State Government, then the word ‘Government’ should have a capital letter.
  • Merriam-Webster Unabridged Style Manual Governmental, Judicial, and Political Bodies 16.
  • Full names of legislative, deliberative, executive, and administrative bodies are capitalized, as are easily recognizable short forms of these names.
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Hi,
It depends on the context of the sentence. Usually, it would be government, council, administration or whatever: none of these words are proper nouns. However, if the word ‘government’ is being substituted for NSW State Government where ‘government’ is a shorter substitute for NSW State Government, then the word ‘Government’ should have a capital letter.

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