Style

Sentence Fragments: Stylish or Sloppy?

The line comes back marked "fragment" — when a stray sentence works, and when it just reads sloppy

Roger Fielding 10 min read Style

Ending a Sentence With a Preposition: Myth vs Modern Usage

You wrote "the person I looked up to" and froze — the truth about ending sentences with prepositions

Roger Fielding 10 min read Style

Active vs Passive Voice: A Style Choice, Not a Rule

Someone scrawled 'avoid passive' in red pen, no reason given — here's the actual choice behind it

Roger Fielding 11 min read Style

"Very", "Really", "So": Ditching the Empty Intensifiers

"Very", "really", "so" — the intensifiers that work overtime and still say nothing at all

Roger Fielding 9 min read Style

Inclusive Language — Start Here

Mid-email, you stop and wonder if that word's still okay — a quick way through

Roger Fielding 3 min read Style

Style Is a Choice, Not a Rule

The difference between writing that's correct and writing that lands right — start here

Roger Fielding 3 min read Style

Style, Formality & Register — Complete Map

Every article in the Style pillar, mapped. Start with the opener below.

Roger Fielding 1 min read Sentences

Clause Types — Map

A sentence in front of you, and you sense something's slightly off — the clause map that names it

Roger Fielding 3 min read Sentences

Structural Errors — Diagnostic Guide

Something's off in that sentence but you can't name it — a quick diagnosis for what's actually broken

Roger Fielding 3 min read Sentences

UK vs US Sentence Structure — Reference

Same language, two rulebooks in your head — where UK and US sentence structure actually part ways

Roger Fielding 3 min read The Ambiguity Files

Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim

Okay, so a headline walks into your feed and, for one beautiful second, a squad of first responders is helping a dog

Samantha Callahan 1 min read Sentences

How Sentences Fit Together

The map before the articles — what you're building from and which drawer to open next

Roger Fielding 11 min read