Field Notes

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Foundations

Grammar Learning Roadmap (US)

Staring at a blank Google Doc for an English assignment — building sentences that finally click

Samantha Callahan 16 min read
Spelling

The -or Family: Color, Favor, Honor (US)

Your character does her best friend a favor — or is it favour? — the US -or family

Samantha Callahan 9 min read
Spelling

The -er Family: Center, Theater, Meter (US)

You type center, doubt yourself, try centre — then your friend's fantasy novel uses both

Samantha Callahan 11 min read
Spelling

The -ize Family: Organize, Realize (US)

Spellcheck flags organise with a red squiggle in your history essay — the US -ize fix

Samantha Callahan 11 min read
Spelling

The -og Family: Catalog, Dialog (US)

Catalog, dialog, analog — the American trims those endings, and here's exactly where it stops

Samantha Callahan 10 min read
Foundations

Subject–Verb Agreement (US)

The cursor hovers over Send while “the team is” or “are” quietly argues with itself — settled here

Samantha Callahan 9 min read
Foundations

Subject–Verb Agreement (US)

You type your answer and something feels off — here's how to make subjects and verbs match

Samantha Callahan 8 min read
Foundations

Verb & Preposition Usage (US)

“I've gotten the report” — is got secretly correct too? the American verb quirks, sorted

Samantha Callahan 10 min read
Foundations

Verb & Preposition Usage (US)

"I've gotten so much better" gets a shrug — here's what's really going on with tricky verbs

Samantha Callahan 9 min read
Parts of Speech

Noun Plurals (US)

Thank you for all the feedbacks — your cursor hangs, and here's why that -s never belongs

Samantha Callahan 7 min read
Parts of Speech

Noun Plurals (US)

"Mouse" should become "mouses," right? Wrong — learn the plural rules that actually work

Samantha Callahan 7 min read
Parts of Speech

Showing Possession & Apostrophes (US)

Last weeks report, hovering over that missing apostrophe — singular, plural, and every owner in between, settled

Samantha Callahan 9 min read