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American and British English

1- Choose the correct word :
Introduction

In this/these article I’ll focus on the too/two mostly commonly used versions of/off
English — British and American English.

Before we take a luck/look at some/same of the differences between the two main
types of English I’d like to stress that these differences or/are somewhat minor and with
the ongoing internationalisation of our/hour modern world day/they could
even/heaven said to be diminishing. The few differences that exist between British and
American English tend rather to enrich communication then/than slow it down.
Although not all my British readers might agree, I think that the American version of spoken
English is/his becoming more and more dominant four/for several reasons. Let me
give/gave you an example to show you why American English as/has a stronger impact
on British English than vice versa.

When you go to the UK and switch on/one the TV you will sea/see a lot of American
shows, movies and films witch/which, of course, are shown in the original, American
version. Thus, especially young pupil/people watching TV will learn a lot of American
vocabulary and phrases which they easily internalise and/hand use as their own. It
follows, modern British English is much more likely to be influenced buy/by American
English than the other way round because when you live/ leave in the US and watch TV
you rarely will see a British show or film.
Another aerial/area where US English dominates is international business. Most globally
operating companies are based in the US and hence the influence of American English
terminology is vary/very strong.
However, as with any/many issue, the more you think/ sink about it, the more
variations you will encounter and it would be impossible to cover dam/ them all in one
article.

That’s why we’ll move on know/now to the differences between British and American
English. Instead of giving you a comprehensive rundown of all imaginable items I’ll limit
myself to a small selection of my personal observations.

Larry E. Smith I,
president of Christopher, Smith & Associates.
Solutions:

this—two—of—look—some—are—on—they—even—than—is—for—give—as—on—
see—which—people—and—by—live—area—very—any—think—them—now

b- VOCABULARY

1- Complete the table with

movies holiday motorway apartment biscuits

subway jumper

rubbish Fall elevator cab freezer truck chips can

potato chips

shopping centre main road drugstore diapers mail wardrobe

sweets telephone box

UK USA
1-autumn

2-the cinema
3-lorry
4- highway
5- freeway
6-tube/underground
7-chemist’s
8-flat
9-lift
10- cookies
11- candies
12- French fries
13-crisps
14-tin
15-fridge
16- closet
17- vacation
18- sweater
19- mall
20- garbage
21-nappies
22- telephone booth
23-post
24-taxi
Solutions:
Fall—movies—truck—main road—motorway—subway—drugstore—apartment—elevator
—biscuits—sweets—chips—potato chips—can—freezer—wardrobe—holiday—jumper—
shopping centre—rubbish—diapers—telephone box—mail—cab