Field Notes

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The Verb System

The Verb Control Panel

Start here for a map of the door knobs English hands you — and which room to open next

Roger Fielding 13 min read
The Verb System

The Verb System — Complete Guide

Every article in the The Verb System pillar, mapped. Start with the opener below.

Roger Fielding 1 min read
Common Errors

The Walk-In Clinic

Why that red mark is a symptom, not a failing — and here's the map to your fix

Roger Fielding 6 min read
Common Errors

Common Errors Clinic — Complete Map

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

Roger Fielding 1 min read
Spelling

One Language, Two Paint Jobs

The genuine forks between UK and US spelling, the common ground beneath them — and where to start

Roger Fielding 5 min read
Spelling

Spelling, Morphology & Word Choice — Complete Map

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

Roger Fielding 1 min read
Common Errors

Why Do I Get Marked for "Me and Him Went" or "Between You and I"? (Pronoun Case)

Marked down for "me and him went" or "between you and I" — the fix that finally sticks

Roger Fielding 11 min read
Common Errors

Affect/Effect, Accept/Except, Principle/Principal

Circle after circle round "affect", or maybe "effect" — the three pairs that trip everyone up

Roger Fielding 9 min read
Common Errors

Fragments, Run-Ons & Comma Splices

Half a sentence circled in red, or a colleague's report missing every full stop — three fast fixes

Roger Fielding 11 min read
Common Errors

The Top 20 Common Errors Checklist

Just a quiet feeling something's off, no lecture wanted — twenty fixes worth knowing, no fluff attached

Roger Fielding 3 min read
Common Errors

Punctuation, Style & Myths — Which Problem?

Squiggle from the checker, and no clue if it's punctuation, style, or a myth — find your problem

Roger Fielding 2 min read
Common Errors

Sentence-Level Trouble — Which Problem?

You've read the sentence back three times and it still doesn't sit right — find what's actually wrong

Roger Fielding 2 min read