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Differences between American and British English

Differences Grammar Reason Pronunciation Spelling

Reason 17th century England→America Noah Webster

Noah Webster He published the first edition of his An American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828.

Pronunciation Stress first-syllable stress in AmE second-syllable stress in BrE. laboratory[BrE]  la’boratory  [AmE] ’laboratory

Single differences BrE AmE Words /iː/ /ɛ/ devolutionA2,B2, epochA2 /ɒ/ /oʊ/ homosexualB2, produce /ɑː/ /æ/ banana, javaA2 /ɛ/ /i/ leisureA2, medievalA2 /æ/ /eɪ/ compatriot, patriotB2 /ɪ/ /aɪ/ dynasty, privacyB2 /z/ /s/ diagnoseA2, erase /ɑː/ /eɪ/ amenA2, tomato /əʊ/ /ɒ/ progress wroth /ʌ/ /ɒ/ accomplice, accomplish, /ɒ/ /ʌ/ ofA2, fromA2, wasA2,

/əʊ/ /ɒt/ Huguenot /əʊ/ /aʊ/ MoscowA2 /əʊ/ /u/ broochA2 /ɪ/ /i/ pi(t)taB2 /iː/ /ɪ/ beenB2 /iːʃ/ /ɪtʃ/ nicheA2,B2 /jɜː/ /ju/ milieu /juː/ /u/ barracuda, puma /ɔː/ /æ/ falconA2 /s/ /z/ asthma /ʃ/ /sk/ scheduleB2 /t/ /θ/ AnthonyA2,B2 /ts/ /z/ piazzaA2 /ʊ/ /u/ BuddhaA2 /ʊ/ /ʌ/ brusque, hummus /uː/ /aʊ/ routeA2 /uː/ /oʊ/ cantaloup(e) /ʌ/ /oʊ/ covertA2,B2

/aɪ/ /i/ eitherA2,B2, neitherA2,B2, /iː/ /aɪ/ albino,migraine /ə/ /ɒ/ phenomenon /iː/ /eɪ/ theta, zeta /aɪ/ /ɪ/ minorityA2,B2, primer /ɛ/ /eɪ/ ateB2 /ɜːz/ /us/ chanteuse, masseuse /eɪ/ /æ/ patentA2,B2, comrade /ɒ/ /ə/ Amos, condom, /ʃ/ /ʒ/ AsiaB2, versionB2 /ə/ /oʊ/ thorough, /ɪr/ /ɚ/ sirupA2, squirrel /siː/ /ʃ/ cassia, CassiusA2 /z/ /ʃ/ Dionysius /ziː/ /ʃ/ transientA2, nausea /tiː/ /ʃ/ consortium /uː/ /ju/ couponA2, /eɪ/ /i/ deityA2,B2, Helene, /juː/ /w/ iguana, jaguar /ziː/ /ʒ/ Frasier, Parisian, /æ/ /ɒ/ twatB2 /ɒ/ /æ/ wrath /ɑː/ /ət/ nougat /ɑː/ /ɔr/ quarkA2,B2 /aʊ/ /u/ nousA2 /ð/ /θ/ boothB2 /diː/ /dʒi/ cordiality /dʒ/ /ɡdʒ/ suggestA2 /eɪ/ /ɛ/ nonpareil /eɪ/ /ə/ template /eɪ/ /ət/ tourniquet /ə/ /ɛ/ nonsense /ɛ/ /ɑ/ envelopeA2,B2 /ɛ/ /ə/ Kentucky /ə/ /æ/ trapeze /ɜː(r)/ /ɛr/ errA2

1 Latin-derived spellings 1.1 -our, -or 1.2 -re, -er 2 Greek-derived spellings 2.1 -ise, -ize (-isation, -ization) 3 Dropped e 4 same meaning different words

-our , -or British English ： -our colour, neighbour, humour American English ： -or color, neighbor, humor -re , -er British spellings : -re centre, kilometre, theatre American spellings : -er center, kilometer, theater

-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization) American spelling : -ize organize, realize, recognize. British spelling : -ize and -ise organize/organise, realize/realise, recognize/recognise.

American British apartment flat bathroom/restroom toilet can tin candy sweets corn maize elevator lift eraser rubber first floor ground floor flashlight torch garbage can dustbin gas gasoline petrol potato chips crisp soccer football sidewalk pavement

Grammar Use of the Present Perfect Possession Use of the verb Get Will/Shall Use of prepositions Use of the Subjunctive Collective Nouns Auxiliary verb + do He has gone home. (BE) He went home. OR He has gone home. (AE) Have you got a car? (BE) Do you have a car? OR Have you got a car? (AE) He has got a prize. (BE) He has gotten a prize. (AE) Shall I help you with the homework? (BE) Should I help you with the homework? (AE) at the weekend （BE） She'll be coming home on weekends. (AE) The team is/are going to lose. (BE) The team is going to lose. (AE) May I have a look at your papers? You may (do) (BE) You may. (AE)

Past tense forms Infinitive Simple past (Br) Simple past (Am) Past participle (Br) Past participle (Am) burn burned/ burnt burned/ burnt burned/ burnt burned/ burnt dream dreamed/ dreamt dreamed/ dreamt dreamed/ dreamt dreamed/ dreamt get got got got gotten lean leaned/ leant leaned leaned/ leant leaned learn learned/ learnt learned learned/ learnt learned

prove proved proved proved proved/ proven saw sawed sawed sawn sawn/ sawed smell spilled/ spilt smelled smelled/ smelt smelled spill spilled/ spilt spilled spilled/ spilt spilled spoil spoiled/ spoilt spoiled/ spoilt spoiled/ spoilt spoiled/ spoilt wake woke woke/ waked woken woken