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1、AmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish--differencesofSpellingNO.1Don'tpronouncethewordinBritishEnglishsuffix（词尾）-me,-uespellingisdeletedinAmericanEnglish.As:kilogramme/kilogram(公斤）,Programme/program(方案)，Catalogue/catalog(目录).NO.2The-ourattheendofthewordinBritishEnglishinEnglish,Americ
2、andeletingsilentletters.As:behaviour/behavior(举止、行为)；discolour/discolor(褪色)；labour/labor(劳动).NO.3BritishEnglishspellingalphabet'ae'and'oe'InAmericaEnglishleavingonlyvowelpronunciation.As:anaemia/anemia(贫血症)；aeno/eon(永世)；aesthetic/esthetic(美学的).NO.4BritishEnglishspellingalphabet'
3、-ll-',InAmericaEnglishwriteonly'-l-'.As:chilli/chili(干辣椒)；dialling/dialing(电话拨码)；leveller/leveler(水平测量员)。But,therearesomecontraryexamples,suchasAmericanEnglishappall,instill,distill,installment,willfulinBritishEnglishisoftenonlyasinglewriteL.Whiledistillery,installation,propelle
4、randotherwordspellingrulesarethesameasinBritishEnglishandAmericainenglish.NO.5BritishEnglishistheendingconsonantplus-e,andUSAEnglishsuffixconsonants.AS:axe/ax(斧)；blonde/blond(亚麻色的).NO.6-eableisusedinBritishEnglish,-ement,-able,-mentisinAmericaEnglish.As:likeable/likable(讨人喜欢的)；l
5、oveable/lovalbe(可爱的)；judgement/judgment(审判)；acknowledgement/acknowledgment(承认).NO.7InBritishEnglish,theXionattheendoftheword,AmericaEnglishoftenendwithtion.As:complexion/complection(面色)；connexion/connection(连接)；flexion/flection(弯曲).NO.8InBritishEnglish-ise,-yse,-s-attheendofthew
6、ord,AmericaEnglishoftenendwith-ize,-yze,-z-.As:activise/activize(激起)；advertise/advertize(为.......做广告).NO.9SomeBritishEnglishto"re"attheendofthewordorderofEnglishspelling,Americaopposite.As:calibre/caliber(口径)；centre/center(中心)；fibre/fiber(纤维).语法的区别时态的差异虚拟语气的差异介词的差异集合名词的差异情态动词的差异
7、1、时态在英国英语中，描述一个刚刚完成、并对现在产生影响的动作，用现在完成时，常与yet,just,already等词连用，如果用一般过去时表达则会被视为错误。而在美国英语中，既可以用现在完成时，也可以用一般过去时，并且一般过去时更为常用。例如：英国英语美国英语I'vejusthadlunch.Ijusthadlunch.I'vealreadyreadthatbook.I'vealreadyreadthatbook.Haveyouwashedyourhands?Didyouwashyourhands?Haveyoufinishedyourhomewor
8、k?Haveyoufinishedyourhomework?2、虚拟语气在英语语法中，跟在su
