Field Notes
uk-us
Capitals After Colons, in Quotations & Around Punctuation
A colon, then a capital or lowercase letter — the rule that actually holds
CapitalsThe Trap of Over-Capitalisation
That Friday email where every Department and Team suddenly needs a capital letter — when to stop
SpellingColour or Color? UK vs US
One email to London, another to Chicago, and suddenly colour and color both look wrong
SpellingCentre or Center? UK vs US
Your cursor stops dead on centre, or is it center — one ending, one big decision
SpellingOrganise or Organize? UK vs US
Spellcheck flags organise, suggests organize, and suddenly you doubt every word you write — here's the actual split
SpellingTravelling or Traveling? Double-L & Consonant Doubling
One L or two before -ing — the rule that decides travelling versus traveling, sorted for good
SpellingPaediatric or Pediatric? -ae- and -oe- Words
Oesophagus or esophagus, paediatric or pediatric — the ae/oe split that flags as wrong on both sides
SpellingCatalogue or Catalog? UK vs US
Your catalogue crosses the Atlantic and becomes a catalog — the whole -ogue/-og family, laid out plainly
SpellingLearnt or Learned? Got or Gotten? Irregular Past Forms
Dreamt or dreamed, got or gotten — the irregular past forms that split British and American English
SpellingSpelling Strategies That Work in Both UK & US
A word stalls mid-sentence and spellcheck just underlines it — strategies that work on both sides
SpellingHow Words Are Built: Prefixes, Suffixes & Roots
Long words like uncomfortable stop feeling scary once you spot the prefix, root and suffix inside
SpellingFewer or Less?
Ten items or less nags at every grammar pedant — when fewer wins and when less actually does