Field Notes
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The Jobs Words Do
The lay of the land before nouns and verbs — so you can see why a sentence sags
Parts of SpeechThe Parts of Speech — Complete Guide
Every article in the Parts of Speech pillar, mapped. Start with the opener below.
Parts of SpeechEvery Word Has a Job
Start here — meet the word jobs before you dive into each one
Parts of SpeechWhat Is a Noun?
Editing a CV, or emailing a landlord about a noisy neighbour — what actually counts as a noun
Parts of SpeechWhat Is a Noun?
"Underline the nouns" freezes you mid-exam — learn exactly what a noun is and how to spot one
Parts of SpeechCountable & Uncountable Nouns
Typing 'some informations' at 4:55 on a Friday — the split that quietly runs your whole sentence
Parts of SpeechCountable & Uncountable Nouns
"Two informations" gets a red line — learn which nouns can be counted, and which can't
Parts of SpeechCompound & Collective Nouns
Editor-in-chief or editor in chief, email or e-mail — the hyphens and spaces that keep shifting underfoot
Parts of SpeechCompound & Collective Nouns
"The lion hunts in groups" isn't wrong — but there's a better word: pride
Parts of SpeechGerunds & Verbal Nouns
Sitting down to write an email and freezing on 'the meeting starting/starts' — gerunds finally made to behave
Parts of SpeechGerunds & Verbal Nouns
"Swimming is fun" — one word doing a verb's job and a noun's job at once
Parts of SpeechWhat Is a Pronoun?
Stuck between 'I' and 'me' before you even hit send — what pronouns are really doing