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1、AmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishdifferencesAmericanEnglish(AmE/AE)istheformofEnglishusedintheUnitedStates.ItincludesallEnglishdialectsusedwithintheUnitedStates.BritishEnglish(BrE/BE)istheformofEnglishusedintheUnitedKingdom.ItincludesallEnglishdialectsusedwithinth
2、eUnitedKingdom.1AEVSBE2021/7/24CategoriesofdifferencesAEVSBE22021/7/24AEVSBEGrammarVocabularyPronunciationspellingWritingorspeakingPatternsDerivationSpelling1.-re/-er:metre/meter, theatre/theater, centre/center2.our/or:colour/color, favourite/favorite3.-ise/-ize:
3、organise/organize, actualise/actualize, realise/realize2021/7/24AEVSBE3BackgroundofthisdifferenceThesespellingdifferencesareduetothefactthatallofthesewordswerefromFrench,suchasmètre, théa^tre, centre,couleur,organiser, actualiser, réaliser.ThespellingofBritishEng
4、lishwordsaresimilarwiththeiroriginal,whilethespellingofAmericanwordsismoredifferent.2021/7/24AEVSBE4VerbinflectionBEAEpresentP.&p.pP.&p.plearnlearntlearneddreamdreamtdreamedshineshoneshinedwakewokewaked2021/7/24AEVSBE5Somewritingorspeakingpatterns2021/7/24AEVSBE6
5、NumbersMonetaryamountsDatesandtimeGreetingsPunctuationEquivalentidiomsNumbersInBEonebillionmeansonemillionmillion,whileinAEitmeansonethousandmillion.Britishpeoplemayusedoubleortriplewhenspeakingnumbers:330112;999Whenreading0,Britishpeopleprefero,whileAmericanpeop
6、lepreferzero.……2021/7/24AEVSBE7MonetaryamountsInAEonemaysayadollarfiftyorapoundeighty,whereasinBEtheseamountswouldbeexpressedonedollarfiftyandonepoundeighty.(lessthan2)athousandandtwohundreddollarsVSonethousandtwohundreddollars$3.24as$324or$324VS£3.242021/7/24AEV
7、SBE8Dates25/12/11or25.12.11intheUKand12/25/11intheUS2ndMarch,2011 BE March2,2011AEBritishpeoplearereluctanttouse9/11,foritisasymbolofanAmericandisaster.SotheyjustsaySeptemberthe11th.2021/7/24AEVSBE9TimeBritishpeopleuse24-hourclock,whileAmericanpeopleprefer12-hour
8、clock.QuarterpastVSaquarterafterQuartertoVSaquarterto/of/tillHalfsixVSHalfpastsix/Sixthirty2021/7/24AEVSBE10GreetingsNorthAmerica:MerryChristmas.IntheUKHappyCh
