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American English
Her feet were sore because her shoes fit/fitted badly.
It's important that he be told.
Will you buy it?'"I may. The committee meets
tomorrow.
(on the phone) Hello, is this
Susan?
It looks like it's going to rain.
He looked at me real strange. (very informal) OR He looked
at me really strangely. He probably has arrived by now. OR He has probably
British English
Her feet were sore because her shoes fitted badly. (See 304.3.) It's important that he should be
told. (See 567.)
... I may (do). (See 161.)
The committee meet/meets tomorrow. (See 526.1.)
Hello, is that Susan? (See 589.5.)
It looks as if / like it's going to rain. (See 74.3.)
He looked at me really strangely.
(See 27.)
He has probably arrived by now.
(see 24.11.)
arrived ...
Besides get and fit, some other irregular verbs have different forms in British
and American English. For details, see 304.3.
For the Southern US second person plural pronoun YOII all, see 429.8.
2 vocabulary
There are very many differences. Sometimes the same word has different meanings (BrE mad = crazy; ArnE mad = angry). And very often, different words are used for the same idea (BrE lorry =AmE truck). Here are a few examples, with very brief information about the words and their meanings. (A larger list with more complete information, can be found in The British! American Dictionary by Norman Moss, published by Hutchinson. This is unfortunately now out of print, but may be obtainable in libraries. A more recently published guide to British-American differences is: Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions - Making Sense of Transatlantic English, edited by Orin Hargraves, Oxford University Press.)
American English airplane
anyplace, anywhere apartment
area code attorney, lawyer busy
call collect
can
candy check/bill coin-purse cookie, cracker corn
crib
British English aeroplane
anywhere
flat, apartment
dialling code (phone) barrister, solicitor, lawyer engaged (phone)
reverse the charges (phone) tin,can
sweets
bill (in a restaurant)
purse
biscuit
sweet corn, maize cot
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