Field Notes

uk-us

Common Errors

Common Errors Clinic — Complete Map

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

Roger Fielding 1 min read
Spelling

One Language, Two Paint Jobs

The genuine forks between UK and US spelling, the common ground beneath them — and where to start

Roger Fielding 5 min read
Spelling

Spelling, Morphology & Word Choice — Complete Map

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

Roger Fielding 1 min read
Foundations

Where Grammar Begins

You already speak it fluently — here's the vocabulary and the confidence to go with it

Roger Fielding 9 min read
Foundations

Foundations of English Grammar — Complete Guide

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

Roger Fielding 1 min read
Foundations

Your Grammar Map

Start here — a friendly first look at how grammar works, and where to go next

Roger Fielding 9 min read
Foundations

What Is Grammar?

That stray “hopefully” bugging your Friday email is grammar doing its quiet, structural job

Roger Fielding 7 min read
Foundations

What Is Grammar?

Your story feels perfectly clear until a red mark says otherwise — grammar is why

Roger Fielding 7 min read
Foundations

Why Does Grammar Matter?

One sloppy Friday email, one Monday-morning correction — here's why small slips cost more than you think

Roger Fielding 9 min read
Foundations

Why Does Grammar Matter?

Good ideas, red marks anyway — here's how grammar carries your meaning safely to the reader

Roger Fielding 9 min read
Foundations

Standard English, Dialects & ‘Correctness’

“Me and Dave will sort it” — wrong, or just informal? the real answer, unpacked

Roger Fielding 8 min read
Foundations

Standard English, Dialects & ‘Correctness’

"I ain't done it yet" works with mates but not on paper — here's the real difference

Roger Fielding 7 min read