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What particularity in pronunciation have you spotted?
Think of the sounds /o/ and /ae/, pronunciation of letter 'T', unaccented syllables, etc.
Example: sound /o/ is pronounced with rounded lips only in BrE.
Miscellaneous grammatical differences
Type in any other miscellaneous particularities of the two language versions.
Example: when naming rivers in AmE, the word 'river' comes after the name: 'Upper Delaware River'. In BrE, 'river' always comes in front of the name: 'River Thames'.
Preposition differences
Type in the particularities regarding the use of prepositions in Standard British English (BrE).
Example: British sportsmen play in a team.
Preposition differences
Type in the particularities regarding the use of prepositions in American English (AmE).
Example: American athletes play on a team.
Verb differences
What are the particularities regarding the use of verbs in Standard British English (BrE)? Type them in. Take into account the use of tenses, verb morphology, auxiliaries, transitivity, etc.
Example: BrE uses present perfect along with the words 'already', 'just' and 'yet' to talk about an event in the recent past: We have just arrived home.
Verb differences
What are the particularities regarding the use of verbs in American English (AmE)? Type them in. Take into account the use of tenses, verb morphology, auxiliaries, transitivity, etc.
Example: AmE occasionally uses simple past instead of past perfect to talk about an event in the recent past: I just arrived from work.
Noun differences
Type in the particularities regarding the use of nouns in Standard British English (BrE).
Here, collective nouns can take plural verb forms if the emphasis is on the individual members: The team were unable to agree on the defense strategy.
Noun differences
Type in the particularities regarding the use of nouns in American English (AmE).
For instance, collective nouns almost always take singular verb forms: The team was awarded first prize in the competition.
How do you say the date?
AmE and BrE speakers say the date differently.
Type in the two ways of saying the date in English, taking into account the order in which they say the day (DD), the month (MM) and the year (YYYY).
What is the difference in date format?
The date is formatted differently in American English and Standard British English.
Type in the two formats, taking into account that it has to include the day (DD), the month (MM) and the year (YYYY).
Words with different endings
Type in the words which have one ending in American English and another one in Standard British English.
Example: AmE has changed words ending in 're' in 'er': 'theater' and 'theatre'.
