January 18, 2013

British vs American English - the basics

This is a topic that many people like to talk about, especially if they are native speakers. Sometimes they spend hours talking about how this and that is different and stupid in the "other" English.
However, there is not only British and American English, there are tens of different English dialects in the whole world.
Today let's just briefly look at the main grammar points in UK vs US English.

(adapted from britishcouncil.org)

British people and American people can always understand each other – but