By Difference between, British English

please help check my anwers

Hi, can you help check my anwers? Thanks!! B 1. The report said that there were many people dead / died in the accidents. A B A 2. What’s different / difference between American English and British English? A B B 3. The cup...

Re: in the future vs next time

Oh, this has come up before. When I read the first post, I remember thinking that there's a difference between American and British English on this. There was a long thread about someone who lost her handbag and whether she should be more careful in the future or in future. Americans will...

How to pronounce "Sputnik"

How would you pronounce the word Sputnik?Does the first syllable rhyme with for example put or cut?Is there a difference between American English and British English?

Re: it's ten of 5.00

But it IS taught. I have taught it, and know other American ESL teachers who have, too. This usage of the word 'of' is not a big secret. That it's a "typical" difference between British English and American English is actually pretty well-known in ESL circles. At least...

Re: Homework

Hi again, Is it right? Yes, perfect. Is there any difference between American English and British English? No, I 'm not aware of any difference here. Clive

Re: Homework

Dear Teacher/Clive, Many thanks for your kindness and patience. According to your explanation, what I understand is as below.With the article "the", we should say "next/following".Without the article, we should say "next".eg Tom said to me, "Let's go on a...

Re: CONSUME GAS

Hi Mr Anonymous again ! Perhaps , there is a slight difference between British English and American English and you are using the latter.In USA you don't use this or that expression , but in UK they do use it. So that 's the problem we , Asian students , are facing .Sometimes we don't know...

Re: How's and House - are they pronounced differently?

Hi, those two vowels are the same to me. The only difference between "how's" and "house" is the final consonant. I think this is true for both General American and the kind of British English that is usually learned. I don't know if there are people who make a distinction or situations where a...

Re: /ae/ vs/a:/

Hi,they are very different. Can't you hear the difference between these two? Click on them:/ae/ => /caet/ --- CAT/a:/ => /ca:t/ --- COTYou can check this out too: American VowelsThat comes from this webpage http://www.americanaccent.com/pronunciation.html , which talks about some important...

Re: microcosm & macrocosm( /ai/ & /ae/)

Well, I'm learning American English, so I don't really know much about British English. But I guess the difference between /ai/ (bite) and /ae/ (bat) is more or less the same.I circled the areas where I think "General American" vowels are. /ai/ goes from a sound in a certain area to a sound in...