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Mon, 06 Oct 03 05:23 PM
should it be the Government or the government, the District COuncil or district council....?
all help appreciated
thanks
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wumanfu
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Mon, 06 Oct 03 08:24 PM
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.
However, non-specific noun and adjective references to them are usually lowercased.
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