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British and American language

British English American English
Base Word American British

Equivalent Idioms

A number of English idioms that have essentially the same meaning show lexical differences between the British and the American version; for instance:

British English	American English
not touch something with a bargepole	not touch something with a ten-foot pole
sweep under the carpet	sweep under the rug
touch wood	knock on wood
see the wood for the trees	see the forest for the trees
throw a spanner (in the works)	throw a (monkey) wrench (in the works)
tuppence worth also two pennies' worth, two pence worth, two pennyworth, two penny'th, or (using a different coin) ha'penny'th)	two cents' worth
skeleton in the cupboard	skeleton in the closet
a home from home	a home away from home
blow one's trumpet	blow (or toot) one's horn
a drop in the ocean	a drop in the bucket
storm in a teacup	tempest in a teapot
flogging a dead horse	beating a dead horse
haven't (got) a clue	don't have a clue or have no clue
a new lease of life	a new lease on life
if the cap fits (wear it)	if the shoe fits (wear it)
lie of the land	lay of the land

In British English, words that end in -l preceded by a vowel usually double the -l when a suffix is added, while in American English the letter is not doubled. The letter will double in the stress is on the second syllable.

Base Word	American	British
counsel	counseling	counselling
equal	equaling	equalling
model	modeling	modelling
quarrel	quarreling	quarrelling
signal	signaling	signalling
travel	traveling	travelling
excel	excelling	excelling
propel	propelling	propelling

Bibliography

1.Murphy Raymond. English Grammar in Use.

2.Орлов Г.А. Современный английский язык в Австралии.
3.Швейцер А.Д. Американский вариант литературного английского языка: пути формирования и современный статус

4.Ильиш Б.А. Современный английский язык: Теорет. курс. : Учеб. пособие для вузов. -2-е изд., испр. и доп.

5.Ильиш Б.А. Строй современного английского языка: Учеб. пособие для студ.пед.ин-тов.-2-е изд.

6.Ильиш Б.А. Структура сложноподчиненного предложения в современном английском языке // Ученые записки Ленингр. гос. пед. ин-та. Вопросы английской филологии.

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