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You've already learned each difference one by one — here's the single tidy list, colour to color and back

Curated by Roger Fielding 22 articles

Adults UK & US

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Start here Get Your Bearings 4 min read The lay of the land — where to check a UK–US split before it snags your draft

Agreement Quick Rules 1 min read That last line of a report where the verb suddenly won't match its subject — sorted fast
APA vs MLA vs Chicago: Quick Matrix 2 min read Told to "use APA" or "put it in Chicago" — here's where the three really differ
Capitalisation Quick Guide 2 min read Simple until you're mid-essay-title or halfway through a job application — the quick capitalisation guide
Common Confusions & Confusable Words 2 min read Affect or effect, then or than — the lookalike words that keep swapping places on you
Common Error Patterns & Quick Fixes 5 min read Same slips, same Friday-afternoon email — the patterns worth catching before they catch you
Editing & Proofreading Checklists 4 min read The draft's done — three final passes to catch what your tired eyes keep skipping over
Numbers, Dates & Times Quick Rules 2 min read Is it 5/3 or 3/5, 9.30 or 9:30 — the quick-reference table for numbers that actually differ
Oxford / New Hart's Rules Snapshot 2 min read Someone says "Oxford style" and means New Hart's Rules — here's the quick snapshot of it
Phrasal Verbs Quick Table 4 min read Up, out, off — the same small word bending a verb's meaning a dozen ways, sorted by family
Punctuation Rules at a Glance 2 min read One mark, one quick check, back to your sentence — every punctuation rule side by side
Reference & Resources — Find Any Rule, Fast 4 min read You've written the sentence and you're stuck — here's the fastest way to find the rule you need
Serial Comma, Title Case & -ise/-ize Across the Guides 2 min read The serial comma, title case, and -ise/-ize — the three fights that never quite go away
Spelling Systems Cheat-Sheet 2 min read That word isn't wrong, it's just the other side of the Atlantic — spot the pattern fast
Style-Guide Overview: What Each Is For 2 min read Style guides aren't rival claims about "correct English" — they're house manuals, each built for one job
The A-Z Grammar Glossary 9 min read Hit a term like nominalisation mid-chapter and don't fancy rereading the whole thing — look it up here instead
The Comprehensive Diagnostic Quiz 5 min read Not a test, no score kept — twenty-five quick probes to see where the gaps actually are
The Graded Practice Sets Bank 12 min read Skip the explanation — grab the drills, check your answers, and see what actually sticks
UK-US Differences: The Master Table 4 min read 🎒 Teaching an 11–18-year-old? Read the young-learner edition → This is the whole UK/US difference set on one page
UK-US Vocabulary Snapshot Tables 4 min read Pavement or sidewalk, chips or fries — the quick tables for checking before you hit send
Verb Tense & Aspect Chart 2 min read Steal the example, skip the lesson — every tense and aspect laid out on one grid