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AmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishdifferences,AmericanEnglish(AmE/AE)istheformofEnglishusedintheUnitedStates.ItincludesallEnglishdialectsusedwithintheUnitedStates.BritishEnglish(BrE/BE)istheformofEnglishusedintheUnitedKingdom.ItincludesallEnglishdialectsusedwithintheUnitedKingdom.,1,AEVSBE,2020/5/3,Categoriesofdifferences,AEVSBE,2,2020/5/3,AEVSBE,Grammar,Vocabulary,Pronunciation,spelling,WritingorspeakingPatterns,Derivation,Spelling,1.-re/-er:metre/meter,theatre/theater,centre/center2.our/or:colour/color,favourite/favorite3.-ise/-ize:organise/organize,actualise/actualize,realise/realize,2020/5/3,AEVSBE,3,Backgroundofthisdifference,ThesespellingdifferencesareduetothefactthatallofthesewordswerefromFrench,suchasmtre,thatre,centre,couleur,organiser,actualiser,raliser.ThespellingofBritishEnglishwordsaresimilarwiththeiroriginal,whilethespellingofAmericanwordsismoredifferent.,2020/5/3,AEVSBE,4,Verbinflection,2020/5/3,AEVSBE,5,Somewritingorspeakingpatterns,2020/5/3,AEVSBE,6,Numbers,Monetaryamounts,Datesandtime,Greetings,Punctuation,Equivalentidioms,Numbers,InBEonebillionmeansonemillionmillion,whileinAEitmeansonethousandmillion.Britishpeoplemayusedoubleortriplewhenspeakingnumbers:330112;999Whenreading0,Britishpeopleprefero,whileAmericanpeoplepreferzero.,2020/5/3,AEVSBE,7,Monetaryamounts,InAEonemaysayadollarfiftyorapoundeighty,whereasinBEtheseamountswouldbeexpressedonedollarfiftyandonepoundeighty.(lessthan2)athousandandtwohundreddollarsVSonethousandtwohundreddollars$3.24as$324or$324VS3.24,2020/5/3,AEVSBE,8,Dates,25/12/11or25.12.11intheUKand12/25/11intheUS2ndMarch,2011BEMarch2,2011AEBritishpeoplearereluctanttouse9/11,foritisasymbolofanAmericandisaster.SotheyjustsaySeptemberthe11th.,2020/5/3,AEVSBE,9,Time,Britishpeopleuse24-hourclock,whileAmericanpeopleprefer12-hourclock.QuarterpastVSaquarterafterQuartertoVSaquarterto/of/tillHalfsixVSHalfpastsix/Sixthirty,2020/5/3,AEVSBE,10,Greetings,NorthAmerica:MerryChristmas.IntheUKHappyChristmasisalsoheard.AmericanssayHappyHolidays,referringtoallwinterholidays(Christmas,Yule,NewYearsDay,Hanukkah,Diwali,StLuciaDayandKwanzaa)whileavoidinganyspecificreligiousreference,butBritishpeoplerefertothereligion.,2020/5/3,AEVSBE,11,Punctuation,Fullstops/Periodsinabbreviations:AmericanstendtowriteMr.,Mrs.,St.,Dr.;theBritishwillmostoftenwriteMr,Mrs,St,Dr.Quotationmarks:Americansbegintheirquotationswithdoublequotationmarks()andusesinglequotationmarks()forquotationswithinquotations,whileBritishpeoplejustusesinglequotationmarks.Carefreemeansfreefromcareoranxiety.(Americanstyle)Carefreemeansfreefromcareoranxiety.(Britishstyle)*,2020/5/3,AEVSBE,12,Equivalentidioms,2020/5/3,AEVSBE,13,2020/5/3,AEVSBE,14,2020/5/3,AEVSBE,15,Thankyou!,
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