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Why Does Grammar Matter?

One sloppy Friday email, one Monday-morning correction — here's why small slips cost more than you think

Roger Fielding 9 min read
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Why Does Grammar Matter?

Good ideas, red marks anyway — here's how grammar carries your meaning safely to the reader

Roger Fielding 9 min read
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Standard English, Dialects & ‘Correctness’

“Me and Dave will sort it” — wrong, or just informal? the real answer, unpacked

Roger Fielding 8 min read
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Standard English, Dialects & ‘Correctness’

"I ain't done it yet" works with mates but not on paper — here's the real difference

Roger Fielding 7 min read
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Essential Grammar Terms — Glossary

“Watch your subordinate clauses,” says the comment on your report — here's what that even means

Roger Fielding 11 min read
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Essential Grammar Terms — Glossary

"Underline the subordinate clause" and your mind goes blank — every term explained plainly, at last

Roger Fielding 10 min read
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10 Common Grammar Myths Debunked

Someone once told you never to split an infinitive — turns out that rule was never real

Roger Fielding 14 min read
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10 Common Grammar Myths Debunked

"Never start a sentence with and" — the rule your teacher taught you that isn't even true

Roger Fielding 15 min read
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How Sentences Work

Your reply reads back oddly, though nothing's technically wrong — here's the missing piece

Roger Fielding 9 min read
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How Sentences Work

One red word — "fragment" — under your best line, and no idea what it means

Roger Fielding 9 min read
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What Is a Clause?

Dangling at the start of your email, that “although” — comma, rescue, or leave it be

Roger Fielding 8 min read
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What Is a Clause?

A circled bit of your sentence, labelled "fragment" — here's what was actually missing

Roger Fielding 7 min read