Capitals

Capitalisation — Complete Map

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

Roger Fielding 1 min read Spelling

Spelling Systems — UK vs US at a Glance

Colour or color, organise or organize — the six real splits between UK and US spelling

Roger Fielding 2 min read Spelling

Commonly Confused Words — Start Here

Affect or effect, fewer or less, their or there — one map for every mix-up you keep making

Roger Fielding 2 min read Spelling

Affect or Effect?

The war affected daily life, or did it effect a change — the verb-noun split, finally clear

Roger Fielding 12 min read Spelling

UK vs US Vocabulary — Start Here

One language, two spellings: colour vs color, lift vs elevator, and the split that trips everyone up

Roger Fielding 2 min read Spelling

Everyday Vocabulary (Holiday or Vacation?)

A job ad says vacation, your calendar says holiday — the everyday words that quietly change meaning

Roger Fielding 3 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 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