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Main diferences betweenAmerican Engish and British

English

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American English words that end in –or (e.g.favor, color, humor) usually end with –our inBritish English (e.g. favour, colour, humour).

American English words that end in –er (e.g.theater, center, fiber) usually end with –re inBritish English (e.g. theatre, centre, fibre).

Some nouns that end with –ense in American English (e.g. defense, license) endwith –ence in British English (e.g. defence,licence).

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Some nouns that end with –og in AmericanEnglish (e.g. catalog, dialog) end with –ogue

in British English (e.g. catalogue, dialogue).British English words that are spelled withthe double vowels ae or oe (e.g.encyclopaedia, manoeuvre, archaeology)are ust spelled with an e in AmericanEnglish (e.g. encyclopedia, maneuver,archeology).

!erbs in British English that can be spelledwith either –i"e or #ise at the end (e.g.recogni"e, recognise, organi"e, organise)

always end with –i"e in American English.

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!erbs in British English that end in #yse(e.g. analyse) are always spelled #y"e in

American English (e.g. analy"e).

$n British English, verbs ending in a vowel plus the letter l, double this letter whenadding endings that begin with a vowel (e.g.travell, travelled, traveller). $n American

English, the letter l is not doubled (e.g.travel, traveled, traveler).

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American British

Airplane Aeroplane

Aluminum Aluminium

A% A%e

&hec' (money) &he ue

&urb (in the street) erb

*ray *rey

+old +ould

+om, +ommy +um, +ummy

+ustache +oustache

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American British

a amas y amaslow lough

S'eptic Sceptic

Specialty Speciality

Story (of a building) Storey

-ire -yre

ogurt oghurt

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1. li t2. coach3. queue4. bin5. rubbish

. !at

". luggage#. biscuit$. ta%i1&. chi's

11. cris's12. sweet13. 'etrol14. 'ost15. '()amas1 . trousers

1". underground1#. lorr(1$. 'a*ement2&. aerial