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British
and American English ไวยกรณ์อังฤษและอเมริกา
1. Present
perfect/Simple past
In
American English the simple past can be used with already, just
and yet. In British English the present perfect is used:
·
I have already given her the present.
(BrE)
·
I already gave her the present. (AmE)
·
I have just seen her. (BrE)
·
I just saw her.(AmE)
·
Have you heard the news yet?
(BrE)
·
Did you hear the news yet?
(AmE)
2. Have/have
got
In
British English it is possible to use have got or have to express
the idea of possession. In American English only have can be used
in questions and negative sentences:
*They have/have got two
computers. (BrE and AmE)
* Have you got a computer?
Yes, I have. (BrE)
* Do you have a computer?
Yes, I do. (BrE and AmE)
3. Get/gotten
In
American English the past participle of get is gotten:
·
Your English has got better. (BrE)
·
Your English has gotten better. (AmE)
4. Prepositions and
adverbs
Some
prepositions and adverbs are used differently in British and American English,
for example stay at home (BrE); stay home (AmE)
5. Form of the adverb
In
informal American English the adverb form ending in-ly is often not
used:
·
He looked at me really strangely.
(BrE)
·
He looked at me really strange.
(AmE)
6. Shall
Shall is
not used instead of will in American English for the first person
singular of the future:
·
I shall/will be here tomorrow.
(BrE)
·
I will be here tomorrow. (AmE)
Nor is it used in polite
offers:
·
Shall I
open the window? (BrE)
·
Should I
open the window? (AmE)
7. Irregular verbs
In
British English the past simple and past participle of many verbs can be formed
with –ed or -t, for example burned/burnt. In American English the forms
ending in –ed are used:
·
They burned/burnt the documents.
(BrE)
·
They burned the documents. (AmE)
When
the past participle is used as an adjective, British English prefers the –t
form, whereas in American English the –ed form is preferred, with the exception
of burnt:
·
A spoilt child (BrE)
·
A spoiled child (AmE)
·
A burnt toast (BrE and
AmE)
8. Go/Come and….
In
these expressions and is often omitted:
·
Go and take a look outside. (BrE)
·
Go take a look outside. (AmE)
9. on the telephone
*
Hello, is that David? (BrE)
*
Hello, is this David? (AmE)
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