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Differences betweenBritish Englishand American EnglishBritish English and American English are almostthe same.But thereare slightdifferencesbetween themin vocabulary,pronunciation,spelling andgrammar.The firstdifference betweenBritish EnglishandAmericanEnglish isin vocabulary.Almostall of the wordsused inBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishareexactly thesame.Only averysmall numberof wordsare useddifferently.For example,Americans would say apartment”,butthe Britishwould say〃flat〃to talkabout theplace wherethey live.In additionto somemonwords,many idiomatic(惯用的)expressions aredifferent.InEngland people might say〃I llringyouup tonight”,but in the US,peoplemight say〃I11call youup tonight”.The seconddifference isin pronunciation.The maindifference inpronunciation concernsthevowels(元音).Some Americandialects(方言)and Britishdialects usevowels indifferentways.Sometimes,Americans andthe Britishdon tunderstand each other s pronunciation.Butmost ofthe time,the Britishand Americansdo understandeachotherspronunciationbecausemost soundsofthetwo dialectsare thesame.The thirddifference isvery small.This isthe differencein spelling.The mostmon exampleisin aword likecenter”.In BritishEnglish,this wordwould bespelled“CENTRE”,whilein AmericanEnglish thesame wordwould bespelled CENTER”.Another exampleis〃or〃vs〃our〃.The word〃color〃is spelledCOLOUR inBritain butCOLOR”intheUS.There area fewdifferencesin grammar,too.The Britishmay sayHave yougot...〃whileAmericans prefer〃Do youhave...〃•An Americanmightsay〃my friendjust arrived”,buta Britishwould say〃my friendhas justarrived”.Sometimes functionwords(虚词)are useddifferently:the Britishmay say〃at theweekend”,but Americanswouldsay〃on theweekend”.。