british and american english differences ppt
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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Consultation on the Removal of Speaking and Listening Assessment from GCSE English and GCSE English Language ppt
Ngày tải lên :
02/04/2014, 05:20
... in English and/ or English
language for award of qualifications in 2014, 2015 and 2016, paragraphs 11 and 12
of the GCSE Subject Criteria for English ( English Criteria’) and paragraphs 13 and ... review and consider further actions if necessary,
to ensure fair outcomes and protect standards.
Consultation on the Removal of Speaking and Listening Assessment from GCSE
English and GCSE English ... Removal of Speaking and Listening Assessment from GCSE
English and GCSE English Language
Ofqual 2013 7
Our proposals
Proposal 1: add a requirement for GCSE English and GCSE English
language...
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Báo cáo y học: " Real time analysis of b2-adrenoceptor-mediated signaling kinetics in Human Primary Airway Smooth Muscle Cells reveals both ligand and dose dependent differences" ppt
Ngày tải lên :
12/08/2014, 13:22
... excited
with a laser emitting at 440 nm and the emission of
CFP and YFP were detected by rapid switching of 470
nm and 535 nm bandpass filters positioned in a filter
wheel and the FRET ratios measured as ... b
2
-adrenoceptor activation in HEK293 and CHO
cells following exposure to both endogenous (epinephr-
ine and norepinephrine) and synthetic (isoproterenol,
fenoterol and terbutaline) ligands [29]. This finding
echoed ... containing 10% fetal calf serum and glutami ne
(2 mM) and incubated a t 37°C in 5% CO
2
and 95% air.
Cells isolated and cultured in this way have been exten-
sively characterised and shown to retain many...
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Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style_10 ppt
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11/08/2014, 18:21
... 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 ... and BEST, WORSE and WORST.
WOULD and WILL. See Double
negative, 1; Subjunctive, 2, 3; Tense, 4.
WOULD HAVE, WOULD’VE,
and “WOULD OF.” See HAVE,
HAS, HAD, 2.
WRACK. See RACK and WRACK.
WREAK and ... winding their way.
WENT. See GONE and WENT.
WERE. See WAS and WERE; Sub-
junctive.
WHAT EVER and WHATEVER.
See (-)EVER.
WHEN AND IF. See UNLESS AND
UNTIL.
when and if 467
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The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style_3 pptx
Ngày tải lên :
12/08/2014, 00:22
... doesn’t.
It agrees with all singular nouns and
with the pronouns he, she, and it
and other singular pronouns except I
and you. So “that [feeling] doesn’t
mean.” And there is an “idiot that
doesn’t know.” ... Joseph Priestley
was a scientist and the discoverer of oxy-
gen. He was also a philosopher, politi-
cian, and theologian, and in the 1760s
he wrote The Rudiments of English
Grammar. In clear prose ... of
multiplicity without “in droves.”
“DRUG” and DRAGGED. See
DRAGGED and “DRUG.”
DUAL and DUEL. See Homo-
phones.
DUE TO. When to use the phrase due
to and when not to use it can be confus-
ing,...
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The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style_9 pptx
Ngày tải lên :
12/08/2014, 00:22
... staff.”
See also Collective nouns, 1; WHO
and WHOM, 1.
STAND and RUN. See RUN and
STAND; Pronouns, 3.
STANDARD. See CLASSIC.
STANDARD-BEARER. See Joining
of words.
STAR and SUN. The discovery of a
distant ... foods as
sultry, but the bland eggplant?
SUN. See STAR and SUN.
SUP. See DINE.
Superlative. See BETTER and BEST
(etc.); Comparative and superlative de-
grees; MORE and MOST; MOST with
superlative; ... to explore.
“Ambiguity” (not “grace”) sums it up.
THOSE and THEM. See THEM
and THOSE.
THOSE and THESE. See THESE
and THOSE.
THOU, THEE, and YE. See Pro-
nouns, 10A.
“THUNK.” See THINK, past partici-
ple.
THUS....
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ASSIGNMENT ON English and American Literature
Ngày tải lên :
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
Ngày tải lên :
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
Ngày tải lên :
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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