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1、AmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishdifferencesAmericanEnglish(AmE/AE)istheformofEnglishusedintheUnitedStates.ItincludesallEnglishdialectsusedwithintheUnitedStates.BritishEnglish(BrE/BE)istheformofEnglishusedintheUnitedKingdom.ItincludesallEnglishdialectsusedwithintheUnitedKingdom.1AEVSBE2021/7/2
2、1CategoriesofdifferencesAEVSBE22021/7/21AEVSBEGrammarVocabularyPronunciationspellingWritingorspeakingPatternsDerivationSpelling1.-re/-er:metre/meter, theatre/theater, centre/center2.our/or:colour/color, favourite/favorite3.-ise/-ize:organise/organize, actualise/actualize, realise/realize2021/
3、7/21AEVSBE3BackgroundofthisdifferenceThesespellingdifferencesareduetothefactthatallofthesewordswerefromFrench,suchasmètre, théa^tre, centre,couleur,organiser, actualiser, réaliser.ThespellingofBritishEnglishwordsaresimilarwiththeiroriginal,whilethespellingofAmericanwordsismoredifferent.2021/7
4、/21AEVSBE4VerbinflectionBEAEpresentP.&p.pP.&p.plearnlearntlearneddreamdreamtdreamedshineshoneshinedwakewokewaked2021/7/21AEVSBE5Somewritingorspeakingpatterns2021/7/21AEVSBE6NumbersMonetaryamountsDatesandtimeGreetingsPunctuationEquivalentidiomsNumbersInBEonebillionmeansonemillionmillion,whilei
5、nAEitmeansonethousandmillion.Britishpeoplemayusedoubleortriplewhenspeakingnumbers:330112;999Whenreading0,Britishpeopleprefero,whileAmericanpeoplepreferzero.……2021/7/21AEVSBE7MonetaryamountsInAEonemaysayadollarfiftyorapoundeighty,whereasinBEtheseamountswouldbeexpressedonedollarfiftyandonepound
6、eighty.(lessthan2)athousandandtwohundreddollarsVSonethousandtwohundreddollars$3.24as$324or$324VS£3.242021/7/21AEVSBE8Dates25/12/11or25.12.11intheUKand12/25/11intheUS2ndMarch,2011 BE March2,2011AEBritishpeoplearereluctanttouse9/11,foritisasymbolofanAmericandisaster.SotheyjustsaySeptemberthe11t
7、h.2021/7/21AEVSBE9TimeBritishpeopleuse24-hourclock,whileAmericanpeopleprefer12-hourclock.QuarterpastVSaquarterafterQuartertoVSaquarterto/of/tillHalfsixVSHalfpastsix/Sixthirty2021/7/21AEVSBE10GreetingsNorthAmerica:MerryChristmas.IntheUKHappyCh
