Differences between British and American English

A TO ZED, A TO ZEE
Differences between British and American English

First, the accent is different:
pronunciation, tempo, intonation are distinctive.
Next, differences in:
vocabulary, idiom and syntax occur, as they would in a foreign language: individual words are misunderstood or
not understood at all, metaphorical expressions sound bizarre, subtle irregularities become apparent in the way words are arranged, or in the position of words in a sentence, or in the addition or omission of words.

Part One
Pronunciation
1. Pronunciation of ‘r’.
2. Pronunciation of ‘a’.
3. Pronunciation of ‘o’.
4. Pronunciation of ‘u’.
5. Pronunciation of ‘t’.
6. Pronunciation of particular words.
7. Stress and articulation.

Part Two
Grammar and Usage
1. Irregular verbs.
2. Use of Past Simple and Present Perfect tenses.
3. Auxiliary and modal verbs.
4. Expressions with ‘have’ and ‘take’.
5. Position of adverbs.
6. Use of ‘real’ as an intensifier.
7. Collective nouns.
8. Prepositions.
9. Use of ‘one’.
10. Other usages.

Part Three
Spelling
1. The color / colour group.
2. The center/centre group.
3. The realize / realise group.
4. The edema / oedema group.
5. The fulfill/fulfil group.
6. One letter differences.
7. Miscellaneous.

Please find pdf of A Guide to The Differences between British and American English here:
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