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1、AmericanandBritishEnglishAmericanandBritishEnglisharedialects(方言)ofEnglishwhichhavearecognizedstandardformandareequallyacceptableinAcademicEnglishaslongasthestyleandregister(语域)usedareappropriatelyformal.TherearenosignificantdifferencesintheacademicformofothervarietiesofEngli
2、sh.ThesetendtoresembleeithertheAmericanorBritishform.Forexample,AustralianEnglishgenerallyusesthesamespellingasBritishEnglish.DifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish.Throughoutthispage,blueisusedtodenoteBritishEnglishandredtodenoteAmericanEnglish.Themostnoticeabledifferen
3、ceintheacademiccontextisinspelling.Therearealsogrammaticaldifferencesandvocabularydifferences,althoughrelativelyfewinformallanguage.SpellingIngeneral,bothAmericanandBritishspellingareacceptable,butitisimportanttobeconsistent,atleastwiththeuseofthesameword-theatreortheater,but
4、notboth-andinyourchoiceofizeoriseendingsasincriticizeorcriticise,plagiarizeorplagiarise.TheCambridgeInternationalDictionaryofEnglishgivesBritish,AmericanandAustralianEnglishspelling.AmericanspellingtendstoreflectpronunciationandBritishspellingtendstoreflectgrammaticalorhistor
5、icalimplications(含义)aswell.However,theremaybeadvantagesinusingBritishspellingincertainsituations.Forinstance,twoforms:programmeandprogramexistinBritishEnglish.Theformercanbeanounreferringtotelevisionprogrammesorprogrammesofevents(plans,conferences,atheatreprogrammeetc.).Thela
6、ttercanbeanounreferringtocomputerprograms.Bothformscanbeverbs,butthereisnospellingdistinctionbetweenthemexceptintheinfinitiveform(asinShelearnedhowtoprogramthecomputertocalculatethevalueofthepoundagainsttheEuroattwelvehourlyintervals)andthepresenttense.Ifyouwishtomakereferenc
7、etobothmeaningsinyourwriting,thenBritishEnglishmakesausefulreference(meaning)distinctionbetweenthetwo,whileAmericanEnglishhasonlyoneformprogramtorefertoboth.BritishEnglishdistinguishesbetweenpractice(noun)Ihaven'tdonemycellopracticeyetandpractise(verb)Hepractisesthecelloforte
8、nminuteseverymorning.However,AmericanEnglishtendstousepracticeasboth
