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1、Therearesomewell-knownspellingdifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.ManyofthesespellingdifferencesresultfromFrenchinfluenceonEnglish.BritishEnglishhasatendencytokeepthespellingofmanywordsofFrenchorigin.Americanstrytospellwordsmorecloselytothewaytheysoundphone
2、ticallyandtheytendtoomitsomeletters.ThegeneralspellingdifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglisharelistedbelow.British-ourvs.American-ordifferencearmourarmorbehaviourbehaviorcolourcolorfavouritefavoriteflavourflavorharbourharborhonourhonorhumourhumorlabourlaborneighbourn
3、eighborrumourrumorsavioursaviorBritish-revs.American-erdifferenceamphitheatreamphitheatercentimetrecentimetercentrecenterfibrefiberkilometrekilometerlitreliterlustrelusterlouvrelouvermanoeuvremaneuvermetremeterspectrespectertheatretheaterBritish-ae/-oe/-oeuvs.American-e/-
4、o/-eudifferencearchaeologyarcheologygynaecologygynecologyleukaemialeukemiamanoeuvremaneuvermediaevalmedievalmementoesmementosoestrogenestrogenorthopaedicorthopedicpaediatricpediatricpalaeontologypaleontologytoxaemiatoxemiaBritish-sevs.American-zedifference*analyseanalyzea
5、pologiseapologizeappetiserappetizercatalysecatalyzecivilise,civilisationcivilize,civilizationcolonise,colonisationcolonize,colonizationcriticisecriticizeemphasiseemphasizeBritish-lvs.American-lldifferenceenrolmentenrollmentfulfilfulfillinstalmentinstallmentskilfulskillful
6、British-llvs.American-ldifferencecounsellorcounselorfuelledfueledBritish-oguevs.American-ogdifferenceanalogueanalogcataloguecatalogdialoguedialogmonologuemonologBritish–encevs.American-ensedifferencedefence*defenselicencelicenseorganiseorganizepopularise,popularisationpop
7、ularize,popularizationpriseprizerealiserealizerecogniserecognizetravellingtravelingparallelledparalleledquarrellingquarreling!Remember:InBritishEnglish,verbsthatendin-lprecededbyavowelusuallydoublethefinal-lwhenasuffix-ed/-ingisadded.InAmericanEnglishthefinal-lisdoubledon
8、lywhenthelastsyllableisstressed.(noun)license(verb)(bothnounandverb)offence*offensepretenceprete