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Sentence Fragments: Stylish or Sloppy?
A fragment can be a bold choice or a plain mistake — how to tell, and how to use one on purpose
Contractions in Formal Writing: Is "Don't" Ever OK?
Can you write "don't" in an essay? When contractions are fine, and when to spell it out in full
Formal or Informal? Choosing the Right Register
Texting a friend isn't emailing a teacher — how to match your words to who's reading, and switch on purpose
The Trap of Over-Capitalisation
When Every Important Word gets a capital, writing looks shouty — how to spot the capitals you don't actually need
Capitalisation in Letters, Emails, Headings & Lists
Where the capitals go in a greeting, a heading and a bullet list — the small rules that make writing look neat
Special Capitalisation Cases: Getting "I", Acronyms, Brand Styling and Religious Terms Right
The odd ones out — the lone "I", acronyms like NASA, brand styles and other names that play by their own rules
Capitals After Colons, in Quotations & Around Punctuation
Does a capital follow a colon or open a quote? The tricky spots where capital letters do and don't belong
Title Case or Sentence Case? Titles & Headlines
Two ways to capitalise a title — which words get a capital, and when to use each style
Capital When Specific (Titles, Directions, Sun/Moon/Earth)
Why "the Sun" and "go north" sometimes need a capital and sometimes don't — the specific-versus-general rule