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English for Tourism & Hospitality (108) by Prof. Adel AlSheikh 2020/2021

American vs. British English

British and American English have some differences in spelling,
lexis, grammar and pronunciation. The common ones are
presented in the table below.

Spelling differences
British and American English have some spelling differences.
The common ones are presented in the table below.

British English American English

-oe-/-ae- (e.g. anaemia, -e- (e.g. anemia,

diarrhoea, diarrhea, encyclopedia)

encyclopaedia) -ed (e.g. burned,

-t (e.g. burnt, dreamt, dreamed, leaped)

leapt) -ense (defense, offense,

-ence (e.g. defence, license)

offence, licence) -el- (e.g. canceled,

-ell- (e.g. cancelled, jeweler, marvelous)

jeweller, marvellous) -ll- (e.g. enroll, fulfill,

skillfull)

-og (e.g. analog, monolog,

-l- (e.g. enrol, fulfil, catalog)

skilful) *Note that American

-ogue (e.g. analogue, English also recognizes

monologue, catalogue) words spelled with –ogue

-o (e.g. color, behavior,

mold)

-ou (e.g. colour, -er (e.g. meter, fiber,

behaviour, mould) center)

-i- (e.g. tire)

-re (e.g. metre, fibre,

centre)

-y- (e.g. tyre)

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