Common Errors

Why Doesn't My Pronoun Match? (incl. Singular They)

Someone circled 'they' and wrote 'unclear' in the margin — the case for singular they, sorted

Roger Fielding 10 min read Common Errors

Why Do My Descriptions Land on the Wrong Word?

A sentence felt perfectly sensible until someone underlined it — where descriptive words actually belong, and why it matters

Roger Fielding 9 min read Common Errors

Common Errors Clinic — Complete Map

Landed with a red mark and no idea which cluster of errors you're in — start here

Roger Fielding 6 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 Common Errors

Word-Level Trouble — Which Problem?

The sentence shape is fine, the full stops sit right, yet one word keeps snagging — track it down

Roger Fielding 2 min read