The differences between American English and British English

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1、ThedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish*Synopsis：AmericanEnglishisevolvedfromBritishEnglish.Butthedifferences*betweenthemarenoticeable.美式英语是由英式英语演化而来的。但二者的差异是不容忽视的。Thedifferencesbetweenthem:二者的不同点：1.Vocabulary1.词汇(1)PastSimple/PastParticiples（1）一般过去时/过去分词(2)P

2、repositions（2）介词2.Pronunciation2.读音（1）[æ]—[ɑ:]:  （2）[ɑ:]—[ɔ]:（3） [il]-[l]（4）[u:]—[ju:]:（5）[i:]—[ai]:（6）thesameword3.Spelling(suffix)3.拼写（后缀）4.Grammar4.语法(1)Useofpresentperfecttenseandsimplepasttense.（1）现在完成式和一般过去式(2)Verbagreementandcollectivenouns（2）主谓一致和集合名词(3)Pasttensefo

3、rms.(3）过去时态的形式*Summary总结ThedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishTodayBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglisharethetwomostimportantvarietiesornationalstandardsofEnglish.Basicallytheysharethesamestructure.Butthedifferencesbetweenthemarenoticeable.Hereisacomparisonwillb

4、emadebetweentheminregardtovocabulary,pronunciation,spellingandgrammarandsoon.EnglishcomefromBritainandBritainisthecradleofEnglish.itwasintroducedtootherpartsoftheworldwithBritish’scolonizationseveralcenturiesago.Similarly,BritishEnglishwasfirstlyintroducedtoAmericaintheear

5、ly17thcentury.AmericanEnglishisevolvedfromBritishEnglish.Lookingfromrangeoftheworld,thecountriesuseBritishEnglish:Britain,Australia,Ireland,India,Pakistan,Singaporeandsoon.ThecountriesuseAmericanEnglish:theUnitedStates,thePhilippines,etc.Firstofall,thedifferenceisvocabular

6、y.Thefollowingverbshavetwoacceptableformsofthepastsimple/pastparticipleinbothAmericanandBritishEnglish,however,theirregularformisgenerallymorecommoninBritishEnglish(thefirstformofthetwo)andtheregularformismorecommontoAmericanEnglish.(1)PastSimple/PastParticiplesnDreamdream

7、tORdreamednLeanleantORleanednLearnlearntORlearnednSmellsmeltORsmellednSpellspeltORspellednSpillspiltORspillednBurnBurntORburned(2)PrepositionsnAmericanEnglish-ontheweekendBritishEnglish-attheweekendnAmericanEnglish-onateamBritishEnglish-inateamnAmericanEnglish-pleasewritem

8、esoonBritishEnglish-pleasewritetomesoonSecondary,thedifferenceispronunciation.Sometimeswe