Style

Disability Language: Person-First, Identity-First

"A person with autism" or "an autistic person" — the difference, and who decides

Roger Fielding 12 min read Style

Avoiding Stereotypes & Loaded Labels

"The old man was surprisingly sharp" — unpicking the label your sentence didn't mean to make

Roger Fielding 12 min read The Rewrite

What Cracker Barrel's Logo U-Turn Was Really About

Okay, so — when a chain called Cracker Barrel Old Country Store retires the guy in overalls, you don't need a

Samantha Callahan 2 min read 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, Formality & Register — Complete Map

The email, the covering letter, the text to a mate — one map for all three registers

Roger Fielding 3 min read