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elongs to a small band of independent fighters and operates by making small-scale surpriseraids on government or other military armies.government is lower case except when referring to specific governments.green ban is a work ban on a building site located in a green zone. Green zone a nature stripon land, wetlands or underwater where building or other forms of settlement, such as fishing,are banned. See also ‘green footprint’, ‘green tax’ and ‘green collar’ in the MacquarieDictionary.grievous Not ‘grievious’.grille and grill are often confused. A security grille is better described as a security screen. Somepeople prefer their fish cooked on the grill, rather than in a pan.Hhalf-caste not used. It is invariably a racist term singling out the heritage of Indigenous people.It is never applied to people of, say Scottish and Welsh heritage.hanged as past tense of the verb applies only to execution by the noose. Otherwise, pictures arehung.hashtag the way Twitter users categorise tweets by topic.he or she when the intention is to include both genders. Acceptable and smoother to use they.‘He or she may apply for the advertised position’ can be re-written as ‘They may apply’head of state is the person holding the highest office in the land. President Sarkozy or presidentObama are heads of state. Kevin Rudd, Gordon Brown and Angela Merkel are merely headsof government. It is a matter of some debate as to whether the British Queen or the Governor-General (or both) is Australia’s head of state. There is no doubt, however, that the Queenis the monarch of Australia. Britain’s head of state is the Queen and Germany’s is presidentHorst Köhler.headlinese Headlines in newspapers have a style imposed by the limits of space. The words usedin headlines often only approximate or suggest a definite meaning. This style should not beimported into general writing. Do not use the short words of headlines, such as ‘bid’, ‘slam’,‘split’, ‘shock’, ‘hit’, ‘duck’, ‘loom’, ‘crisis’, ‘war’, ‘slay’, ‘hike’, ‘cut’, ‘leap’, ‘raid’, ‘rap’,‘axe’ unless precisely these meanings are intended. ‘Slam’, for instance, should be confinedusually to writing about doors. This does not contradict the ‘short v long’ rule: it reinforces therules of precision and clarity.healthy Writers often refer to ‘healthy’ foods, failing to acknowledge the fact that most food isfar from healthy – it’s dead. Logic insists that the correct alternatives are ‘health-giving’ or‘health-promoting’.Hence, therefore, however, and additionally. Should not be used to start sentences in newswriting. More suited to polemical essay writing. Simply state the case, or quote the sourcestatement by statement.here, our Do not assume that these words mean the same to the reader as to the writer.Publications are meant to be broadcast, so ‘here’ in, say, Brisbane does not mean ‘here’ inToowoomba.PAGE 41 – 2012UQ SJC STYLEBOOK