诺曼人占领英格兰后,拼写改成了-our结尾,为的是与法语拼写统一。文艺复兴以后,新的拉丁语外来词开始出现,沿用了源语言中-or结尾的方式。很多以-our结尾的词,像chancellour和governour,恢复成了-or结尾。 BE--AEdifferent spellings aeroplane--airplane ch...
American English drops extra vowels from many words, especially words that have theouphoneme: colorvs.colour laborvs.labour maneuvervs.manoeuver pediatricvs.paediatric We also switch the lettersrande. In Britain, words that commonly end in-reare spelled-erin America: theatervs.theatre litervs.litre ...
诺曼人占领英格兰后,拼写改成了-our结尾,为的是与法语拼写统一。文艺复兴以后,新的拉丁语外来词开始出现,沿用了源语言中-or结尾的方式。很多以-our结尾的词,像chancellour和governour,恢复成了-or结尾。 BE--AEdifferent spellings aeroplane--airplane cheque--check theatre--theater grey--gray programme--progr...
诺曼人占领英格兰后,拼写改成了-our结尾,为的是与法语拼写统一。文艺复兴以后,新的拉丁语外来词开始出现,沿用了源语言中-or结尾的方式。很多以-our结尾的词,像chancellour和governour,恢复成了-or结尾。 BE--AEdifferent spellings aeroplane--airplane cheque--check theatre--theater grey--gray programme--progr...
Suppose you have a date coming up and want to take your partner to a place where live actors will perform in a play. If you are writing your note in American English, should you invite that person to the theatre or the theater? We'll give you a quick answer to the theatre vs. thea...
Theatre Theater Litre Liter 英式:-our 美式:-or 很多英式拼写里以our结尾的单词,在美式拼写中以or结尾。 英式 美式 Colour Color Labour Labor Humour Humor 英式:-ise 美式:-ize 很多英式拼写里以ise结尾的单词,在美式拼写中以ize结尾。要注意的是,在英式拼写中,ize也是可以被接受的,但在美式拼写中,却只有...
3) -re / -er centre / center theatre / theater litre / liter metre / meter (this also applies to other measurements – km, cm, mm) fibre / fiber 4) ller / ler Note that British English words ending ller have a double “l” compared to the US spelling which is only one “l”....
theatre / theater Here are some more: Again, don’t just assume that this rule applies to all words. We cannot turn “baker” into “bakre” for example! 4.l and ll with -ed and -ing endings When a verb ends in an “l,” British will typically add another “l” before “-ed”...
英式英语: centre fibre litre metre theatre 美式英语: center fiber liter meter theater 2. -ce还是-se? 英式英语:practice/practise, licence/license是一对名词和动词 美式英语:只是用practice和license作为名词动词原形 Advice/advise, device/devise在两种拼写中都保留了名词和动词的不同形式 ...
-er(e.g.,theater, meter)-re(e.g., theatre, metre)Britishusage uses-or(e.g.,honor,color, splendor)uses-our(e.g. honour, colour, splendour)Britishusage uses–ction(e.g., connection)acceptable to use–xion(e.g., connexion), but this is increasingly rareAmericanusage ...