british and american english differences pdf
What are the differences between British English and American English? pptx
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27/07/2014, 09:21
... When you write the date in
numbers British and American English differ. To write the date 7th of September 2007 a Brit would
write dd/mm/yy (07/09/07) and an American would write mm/dd/yy (09/07/07). ...
lorry
boot
vest
flannel
windscreen
postcode
zip
Notes:
1
- When used to talk about roads and motorways. Someone I know took over 4 hours to complete a 25
minute drive, because he didn't ...
garbage
knapsack
sedan
report card
Scotch tape
stocks
free time
garters
panty hose
can
candy apple
bathroom
flashlight
pants
undershirt
rubber boots
windshield
zipper
rubber...
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The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style_10 pdf
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12/08/2014, 00:22
... for and who (and but
who): In “Adams, a candidate for mayor
and who has served on the City Council
for four years, said . . . ,” the and
serves no function and ought to be
deleted. It can stand ... people:
who and that. See WHO, THAT, and
WHICH.
Which has two possessive forms: of
which and whose. Whose applies both to
people and to things. See WHOSE, 1.
WHICH and THAT. See THAT and
WHICH.
WHICH and ... Simpson and E. S. C.
Weiner, Oxford, England: Clarendon
Press, 1989.
Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang
and Unconventional English: Collo-
quialisms and Catch-phrases, Sole-
cisms and Catachreses,...
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ASSIGNMENT ON English and American Literature
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25/04/2013, 21:25
... our circumstance and course of thought
‘Tis heavy with him. And am I then revenged
To take him in the purging of his soul,
References
Books:
ã An introduction to English and American Literature. ... http://www.william-shakespeare.info/shakespeare-play-hamlet.htm
HANOI OPEN UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGLISH AND MODERN LANGUAGES
~~~~~~~oOo~~~~~~~
ASSIGNMENT ON English and American
Literature
Title: revenge in hamlet
Hanoi, 2009
... might I do it, now he is a-praying,
And now I'll do ‘t. And so he goes to heaven,
And so am I revenged. That would be scanned:
A villain kills my father, and for that,
I, his sole son, do...
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American English vs British English
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05/07/2013, 01:26
... hàng rào vào một cửa hàng để bán, người Anh gọi là keep and
sell (an article), còn người Mỹ nói carry (an article). Khi người Anh nói
We keep and sell it, người Mỹ có thể lấy làm ngạc nhiên. Tại ... dụ: She dolled up and drove to the dance (Cô ấy ăn diện
thật mốt rồi phóng xe đến vũ trường)
DOMESTIC
Khi có nghĩa là nội địa, người Anh ít khi dùng từ này, mà thường
dùng inland hoặc home để ... đương với chữ subject (thần dân, công
dân của Anh).Chúng ta thường thấy trên báo chí American citizen và
British subject. Ngoài ra, chữ citizen ở Mỹ còn có ý nghĩa là resident,
inhabitant (cư...
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Differences in North American English
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15/09/2013, 13:10
... grammar, and vocabulary in the United States
and Canada. There are naturally hundred of such differences. But in spite of these
differences, North Americans do not have much trouble understanding ... by geography and not by social or economic class as they are
in some other countries.
I want to say, in conclusion, that I have given you just a handful of examples of
regional differences in ... if they come from places that are as far as, say, the northern part of Canada and
the south Texas. The linguistic differences are simply not great enough to interfere
with our ability to communicate...
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Tài liệu Teaching and learning english part 12 pdf
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15/12/2013, 09:15
... learners of English to get involved and participate actively in the
learning activities. Third, vocabulary games bring real world context into the
classroom, and enhance students' use of English ... item.
3. Last One Standing
Give the class a topic (e.g. food, clothes, animals, things in a kitchen) and ask them to
stand up, in a circle if possible. Clap out a beat and say, one, two, three, ...
fun, competitive, and motivating vocabulary games and activities which adhere to the
expanding rehearsal.
B. Ten Good Games for Recycling Vocabulary
Many experienced textbook and methodology manuals...
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Tài liệu Teaching and learning english part 16 pdf
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24/12/2013, 16:15
... intonations and
rhythms of language. They learn to replicate sounds they hear and how moving
their tongue and lips change the sounds they are making. They learn to modulate
their voice, to yell and ... say the words, however. It takes time and practice to
open their mouths and produce a specific sound on purpose. They are storing these
words and meanings and slowly learning to make sounds. ... they will add consonant sounds and repetitive sounds, like "da"
and then "dada." They may combine these first sounds with gestures. A squeal and
point may be the child's...
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Tài liệu Teaching and learning english part 1 pdf
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21/01/2014, 22:20
... of quantity
(76, 19%), and then followed by maxim of manner (47, 61%) and maxim of quality (6,
52%). These maxims are considered to be flouted based on the category and the
characteristic ... of
quantity (76, 19%), and then followed by maxim of manner (47,
61%) and maxim of quality (6, 52%).
In this analysis, we argue that the
reasoning rigor of the CP and its maxims is worth ... conversational context, and can be conventional or
unconventional. Grice, who coined the term “implicature,” and classified the
phenomenon, developed an influential theory to explain and predict conversational...
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