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Grammatical differences in American and British English .

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1. Using of tenses.

American English/British English

• Jenny feels ill. She ate too much.
• Jenny feels ill. She has eaten too much.
• I can’t find my keys. Did you see them anywhere?
• I can’t find my keys. Have you seen them anywhere?

American English/British English

• Are they going to the show tonight?

No. They already saw it.

• Are they going to the show tonight?

No. They have already seen it.

• Is Samantha here?

No, she just left.

• Is Samantha here?

No, she has just left.

2. Verb agreement with collective nouns.

• My team is winning.

The other team are all sitting down.

• Which team is losing?
• Which team is/are losing?

3. Use of verbs have and take.

• I’d like to have a bath.
• She’s having a little nap.
• Joe is taking a shower.

I’d like to take a bath.

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4. Use of auxiliaries and modals.

• Are you coming with us? I might do .
• Are you coming with us? I might.
• They needn’t come to school today. They don’t need to come to school today.
• They don’t need to come to school today.
• I shall/will be there later.
• Shall we ask him to come with us?
• Should we ask him to come with us?

5. Use of prepositions.

• At Christmas/five o’clock, at the weekend
• She’ll be coming home on weekends.
• She studied chemistry at university.
• She studied French in high school.
• This place is different from/to anything I’ve seen before.
• This place is different from/than anything I’ve seen before.
• I promised to write to her every day.
• I promised to write her every day.

English is widely used in the world.

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