State and Territories v's state and territories.

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Hi, Can anyone help?Should the phrase 'BrandX has offices in all State and Territories' be capitalized or should it read 'BrandX has offices in all states and territories'. Thankyou.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Brand X has offices in all states and territories

Goodlemur · Answer

Hi Mister Micawber,

Can you elabourate? People in the office are convinced of the opposite. They've also shown me a government web page:

"The Council for the Australian Federation comprises the Premiers and Chief Ministers of all States and Territories. Through the Council, States and Territories work together to improve the way that the many services that affect Australians' lives are delivered."

"The resulting report, The Future of Schooling in Australia, includes a new statement on the future of schooling in Australia, and a twelve-point action plan to which all States and Territories have agreed. The report proposes a national framework for schooling, based on the principle that the quality and performance of teachers, schools and jurisdictions are central to the life prospects of every student and to national prosperity"

Cheers.

Mister Micawber · Answer

Those are the capitalizations of officialese English-- it adds importance to otherwise common nouns.  If your sentence is to go into some sort of government report and the states and territories are the special ones of our Country, then by all means capitalize them.

State and Territories v's state and territories.

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