Grammar and style

Upper, or lower case? Dash, or hyphen? It's, or its? And is it ever OK to use an exclamation mark?!

While everyone has their own opinions – and sometimes very passionate ones – it's important that we follow the same consistent principles when we're writing about and for Brooke. This builds trust and means we don't confuse our audience.

If something's not covered here, follow Guardian style. If the Guardian can't help, we recommend consulting the Oxford English Dictionary for spelling and Fowler’s Modern English Usage for grammar.

Acronyms and abbreviations
Bold, italics and underlining
Buttons
Capitalisation
Contractions
Dates
Headings
Links, email addresses and web pages
Lists
Numbers
Punctuation
Quotes