Editing Australian English (section)

===Punctuation and style===
Prominent general [[list of style guides|style guides]] for Australian English include the ''Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage'', the ''Australian Government Style Manual''<ref>{{cite web |author=Digital Transformation Agency|date=n.d.|title=Australian Government Style Manual |url=https://stylemanual.gov.au/|access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref> (formerly the ''[[Style Manual: For Authors, Editors and Printers]]''), the ''Australian Handbook for Writers and Editors'' and the ''Complete Guide to English Usage for Australian Students''.

Both [[Quotation mark|single and double quotation marks]] are in use, with single quotation marks preferred for use in the first instance, with double quotation marks reserved for quotes of speech within speech. [[Logical punctuation|Logical (as opposed to typesetter's) punctuation]] is preferred for punctuation marks at the end of quotations. For instance, ''Sam said he 'wasn't happy when Jane told David to "go away{{"'}}.'' is used in preference to ''Sam said he "wasn't happy when Jane told David to 'go away.{{'"}}''

The DD/MM/YYYY [[Calendar date|date format]] is followed and the 12-hour clock is generally used in everyday life (as opposed to service, police, and airline applications).

With the exception of screen sizes, [[metric system|metric]] units are used in everyday life, having supplanted [[imperial units]] upon the country's switch to the metric system in the 1970s, although imperial units persist in casual references to a person's height. Tyre and bolt sizes (for example) are defined in imperial units where appropriate for technical reasons.

In [[sports betting|betting]], [[Odds#Gambling usage|decimal odds]] are used in preference to fractional odds, as used in the United Kingdom, or moneyline odds in the United States.