Roger Fielding

Columns

Capitals

Capitals After Colons, in Quotations & Around Punctuation

A colon, then a capital or lowercase letter — the rule that actually holds

Roger Fielding 12 min read
Capitals

The Trap of Over-Capitalisation

That Friday email where every Department and Team suddenly needs a capital letter — when to stop

Roger Fielding 12 min read
Spelling

The -our Family: Colour, Favour, Honour (UK)

Write color in a UK essay and it comes back circled red — the -our family, sorted

Roger Fielding 8 min read
Spelling

Colour or Color? UK vs US

One email to London, another to Chicago, and suddenly colour and color both look wrong

Roger Fielding 4 min read
Spelling

The -re Family: Centre, Theatre, Metre (UK)

That half-second snag when 'center' slips into a UK email — meet centre, theatre and metre

Roger Fielding 12 min read
Spelling

Centre or Center? UK vs US

Your cursor stops dead on centre, or is it center — one ending, one big decision

Roger Fielding 3 min read
Spelling

The -ise Family: Organise, Realise (UK, + the Oxford -ize nuance)

Organise looks right until a friend fresh from the US swears it should be organize

Roger Fielding 13 min read
Spelling

Organise or Organize? UK vs US

Spellcheck flags organise, suggests organize, and suddenly you doubt every word you write — here's the actual split

Roger Fielding 3 min read
Spelling

Travelling or Traveling? Double-L & Consonant Doubling

One L or two before -ing — the rule that decides travelling versus traveling, sorted for good

Roger Fielding 8 min read
Spelling

Paediatric or Pediatric? -ae- and -oe- Words

Oesophagus or esophagus, paediatric or pediatric — the ae/oe split that flags as wrong on both sides

Roger Fielding 9 min read
Spelling

The -ogue Family: Catalogue, Dialogue (UK)

Dialouge gets the red squiggle every time — the -ogue endings British spelling insists on keeping

Roger Fielding 11 min read
Spelling

Catalogue or Catalog? UK vs US

Your catalogue crosses the Atlantic and becomes a catalog — the whole -ogue/-og family, laid out plainly

Roger Fielding 4 min read