【正文】 Shirley BEdward Arnold(Publishers) limited 北京 2000,8American English, Marckwardtamp。s Educational Series, Inc.,1975.Dictionary of American Slang (Second Supplemented Edition). New York: Thomas Y. Crowel, Publishers, 1960.Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Harlow, Essex, England: Pearson Education Ltd.,2003 MerriamWebster39。 British English speakers often use Do you want to get out to express it. These Russians dance as the Italiana sing. [AmE]American English observe the grammar regulation strictly when they use the idioms, but usually in british English the natural order is considered firstly. He did not need to look around to know from whom it came. In this sentence American English speakers rigidly adhere to use whom, to make sure that objective case is following the preposition. On the contary, British English speakers use who, the sentence is He did not need to look around to know who it came from.The majority of American English speakers use the phrase you and I as both subject and object, whereas many British Ebglish speakers would say you and me when the phrase is used as an object or plement. In American Enlish Do you want out is a fixed phrase meaning 39。t have (any) fresh cod.iv)Do you have fresh cod? I don39。t any fresh cod.ii)Have you got (any) fresh cod? I haven39。ll tell you latter. [AmE] Shall I drink this now? [BrE]t is even rarer in AmE. Both varieties also often use the contracted form 39。 In American Enlish the word home is used without the preposition at as an adverbial of place, but British English requires the phrase at home, not home alone,.Is he at home? [BrE] Is he home? [AmE]British English requires the preposition on before a day of the week or a specific date, while American English does without the preposition on before it, .The new term begines on September 1. [BrE] The new term begines September 1. [AmE]I will see you on Sunday. [BrE] I will see you Sunday. [AmE]4. PronounWhen the indefinite pronoun everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, no one and nobody is used in a sentence, In BrE people use the plural mood of the pronoun their, but in AmE people use the singular mood his or .Everyone should be honest with themselves. [BrE]Everyone should be honest with himself/herself. [AmE]Several of the modals are used with a different frequency or meaning in AmE than BrE. Such as, shall, should, would, must, dare and need .etc. Here are some examples about some auxiliaries can39。t include everything. In this part we will discuss differences both in morphology and syntax. 1. Collective noun British English often use the collective noun as the plural mood, but in American English it is singular. .The Government regard that … [BrE] Do you habitually have?39。 Do you have…? 39。Do you possess at this moment of time?39。 Do you have…? 39。 Do you have…? 39。 a retail establishment(in the seventeenth century)[AmE]public school any of a limited number of private secondary school for boys, who live as well as study there [BrE] a free local primary school supported by taxes, usually for both boys and girls who study there but live at home [AmE] the place where baked goods are available to the consumer [AmE]grocery the merchandise(in the fifteenth century)[BrE] any small stream [AmE]bakery the craft of the baker, or the place for making bread [BrE] [AmE]creek a small arm of the sea [BrE] automobile/car 電 病lift sick 察ill 卡 truck lorry 季 fall 打電話taxi 糖 candy 公 apartment 中[AmE] Britain and American, we usually find that they use the different word to express the same thing. A few examples are listed below so as to explain the differences.[BrE] flowerpot/flowerpot hyphenated separate kerb/curb gaol/jail draught/draft cheque/check amidst/amid no ending waggon/wagonst ll deflexion/deflctionl ction capitalise/capitalize offence/offenseise licence/license defence/defense se metre/meterce judgement/judgment encase/incase in foetus/fetusen mediaeval/medieval e mould/mold o colour/color or [AmE] ordinary laboratory advertisement [BrE] decorative factory[AmE]secretaryBritish English tends to stess strongly one syllable, usually the first and hurries over the rest of the word. American English tends to put the stress on the first syllable but also to put a secondary stress on the latter syllable and pronounces the remaining syllables more distinctly. 1) Pronounciation of vase tomato schedule [BrE] 9) Note the striking differences in pronounciation of certain words as lieutenant, schedule, etc. one [AmE]cup 8)/ / in British English is pronounced as \ \ in American English. ordinary 7) In British English foursyllabled words ending in ary or ery are pronounced as three syllables. parent [AmE]close \ / \ by / \ / \ by 6) Diphthongs in British English are replaced by long vowels in