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Apakah anda tahu bahwa bahasa Inggris memiliki aksen yang berbeda? Disini saya akan mengutarakan perbedaan antara bahasa inggris Amerika dan bahasa Inggris british.
Orang British dan orang Amerika selalu bisa memahami satu sama lain - tetapi ada beberapa perbedaan yang penting antara bahasa inggirs British dan bahasa inggris American .

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Grammar

Americans use the present perfect tense less than speakers of British English and a British teacher might mark wrong some things that an American teacher would say are correct.

• US Did you do your homework yet?
• Brit. Have you done your homework yet?
• US I already ate.
• Brit. I’ve already eaten.
In British English, ‘have got’ is often used for the possessive sense of ‘have’ and ‘have got to’ is informally used for ‘have to’. This is much less common in American English.

• Brit. I’ve got two sisters.
• US I have two sisters.
• Brit. I’ve got to go now.
• US I have to go now.
There are a number of other minor grammatical differences.

Vocabulary

There are a lot of examples of different words being used in British and American English. Here are a few of the commonest.
• angry (Brit.) = mad (US)
• autumn = fall
• boot (of a car) = trunk
• chemist’s = drug store
• cupboard = closet
• flat = apartment
• lift = elevator
• nappy = diaper
• pavement = sidewalk
• petrol = gas/gasoline
• rubbish = trash
• tap = faucet
• trousers = pants

There are British words which many Americans will not understand and vice versa. There are also words which exist in both British and American English but have very different meanings.

Spelling

There are also a number of different spelling rules between British English and American English.

1 Some words that end in ‘-tre’ in British English end in ‘-ter’ in American English.
• US theater, center
• Brit. theatre, centre
2 Some words that end in ‘-our’ in British English end in ‘-or’ in American English.
• US color, labor
• Brit. colour, labour
3 Some words are shorter in American English than in British English.
• US catalog, program
• Brit. catalogue, programme






Apakah anda tahu bahwa bahasa Inggris memiliki aksen yang berbeda? Disini saya akan mengutarakan perbedaan antara bahasa inggris Amerika dan bahasa Inggris british.
Orang British dan orang Amerika selalu bisa memahami satu sama lain - tetapi ada beberapa perbedaan yang penting antara bahasa inggirs British dan bahasa inggris American .

Berikut perbedaan nya :



Grammar

Americans use the present perfect tense less than speakers of British English and a British teacher might mark wrong some things that an American teacher would say are correct.

• US Did you do your homework yet?
• Brit. Have you done your homework yet?
• US I already ate.
• Brit. I’ve already eaten.
In British English, ‘have got’ is often used for the possessive sense of ‘have’ and ‘have got to’ is informally used for ‘have to’. This is much less common in American English.

• Brit. I’ve got two sisters.
• US I have two sisters.
• Brit. I’ve got to go now.
• US I have to go now.
There are a number of other minor grammatical differences.

Vocabulary

There are a lot of examples of different words being used in British and American English. Here are a few of the commonest.
• angry (Brit.) = mad (US)
• autumn = fall
• boot (of a car) = trunk
• chemist’s = drug store
• cupboard = closet
• flat = apartment
• lift = elevator
• nappy = diaper
• pavement = sidewalk
• petrol = gas/gasoline
• rubbish = trash
• tap = faucet
• trousers = pants

There are British words which many Americans will not understand and vice versa. There are also words which exist in both British and American English but have very different meanings.

Spelling

There are also a number of different spelling rules between British English and American English.

1 Some words that end in ‘-tre’ in British English end in ‘-ter’ in American English.
• US theater, center
• Brit. theatre, centre
2 Some words that end in ‘-our’ in British English end in ‘-or’ in American English.
• US color, labor
• Brit. colour, labour
3 Some words are shorter in American English than in British English.
• US catalog, program
• Brit. catalogue, programme



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