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| SAE Spelling | SBE Spelling |
| color | colour |
| center | centre |
| сheck (noun) | cheque (noun) |
| defense / license / practise (nouns) | defence / licence / practice |
| all right | alright |
| maneuver | manoeuvre |
| tire | tyre |
| aging | ageing |
| whiskey (U.S. & Ireland) | whisky (Scottish) |
| jail | gaol |
| analyze/ paralyze | analyse/ paralyse |
| traveling | travelling |
| canceling | cancelling |
Один и тот же термин при схожем, но неодинаковом написании
| SAE | SBE |
| aluminum | aluminium |
| polyethylene | polythene |
| math (shortening of "mathematics") | maths |
| raise (more money in salary/wages) | rise |
Одно и то же слово, но с другим значением или оттенком в значении (по типу омонимов)
| SAE | SBE |
| I married a homely girl. | |
| ugly | a good house-keeper |
| The opening of our new play was a bomb! | |
| bad, a failure | a great success |
| We all had tea and biscuits. ('crumpets' vs 'English muffins', etc.) | |
| a type of bread baked in small round pieces (кексы) SBE crumpet | a thin, flat, dry, usually sweet cake (печенье) SAE muffin |
| We needed a torch for the dark trail. | |
| a flaming torch факел | a small electric lamp that you carry in your hand фонарь SAE flashlight |
| Evelyn took a coin out of [his/her] purse. | |
| women's handbag дамская сумочка SBE handbag | coin purse кошелек, бумажник SAE change purse |
| The committee tabled the motion. | |
| to leave a motion, idea, offer etc to be dealt with it in the future отложить SBE put a motion on the table | to suggest a motion etc for other people to consider предложить SAE suggest, propose |
| The corn harvest was exceptional this year. | |
| кукуруза SBE maize, sweetcorn | зерновые культуры (пшеница, овес, ячмень), зерно |
| Pekka was climbing in the lime tree. | |
| a tree on which limes (a kind of lemons) grow дерево, на котором растут лаймы | a tree with pleasant-smelling yellow flowers липа SAE linden |
Различия в грамматике, синтаксисе, пунктуации и общем употреблении слова
Пунктуация
| SAE | SBE |
| Date writing, number/word order. (Never use only numbers!) | |
| month/day/year 12/03/03 December 3, 2003 | day/month/year 12/03/03 March 12, 2003 |
| Use of commas and periods inside/outside quotation marks. | |
| He said, "I love you." | He said, 'I love you'. |
| Business letter salutations, colons vs commas. | |
| Dear Mr. Jones: | Dear Mr Jones, |
| 'Honorifics': Mr. or Mrs. or Dr. Smith (U.S.) vs Mr or Mrs or Dr Smith (GB), etc. | |
| Mr. Smith Mrs. Brown Dr. Wolf | Mr Smith Mrs Brown Dr Wolf |
Грамматика
| SAE Grammar | SBE Grammar |
| Finnair has a flight to London today. | Finnair have a flight to London today. (large collective nouns) |
| England has played well today, even if it lost. | England have played well today, even if they lost. |
| The Government is acting like itself again. | The Government are acting like themselves again. |
| Have you gotten your grade in history yet? | Have you got your grade in history yet? |
| He was in a course. How many were in the course? | He went on a course. How many were on the course? |
| We lived on Main Street. | We lived in the High Street. (cf. 'street people'...) |
| He's in the hospital with a broken leg. | He's in hospital with a broken leg. |
| I have a car. I got a car. (different implications) | I have got a car. |
| We weren't able to catch him, catch up with him, catch up [with him]. | We weren't able to catch him up. |
| One was different from/than the other. | One was different from/to the other |
| Monday through/to Friday | Monday to Friday |
| on the weekend | at the weekend |
| The verbs burn, dream, lean, learn, smell, spill, spell and spoil are regular | The verbs burn, dream, lean, learn, smell, spill, spell and spoil are irregular (burnt, etc) |
| The verbs quit, fit and wet are irregular (quit - quit - quit; fit-fit - fit; wet - wet - wet) | The verbs quit, fit and wet are regular |
| I'm not hungry. I just had lunch. | I'm not hungry. I've just had lunch. |
| I didn't tell him about my new job yet. | I haven't told him about my new job yet. |
Появление нового значения у слова; использование синонимичного слова
| SAE | SBE |
| to mail a letter | to post a letter |
| an art gallery | an art museum |
| fall | autumn |
| faucet | tap |
| store | shop |
| baggage | luggage |
Понятия, обозначаемые разными терминами и выражениями, а также слова, имеющие либо стилистические отличия, либо отличные по сочетаемости и частотности употребления
| SAE | SBE |
| rent a car | hire a car |
| installment plan | hire-purchase |
| gasoline | petrol |
| sedan/ station wagon | saloon/ estate car |
| trunk (storage area) | boot |
| muffler (reduces exhaust noise) | silencer |
| hood | bonnet |
| generator | dynamo |
| shift | gear lever |
| dessert | sweet |
| lingonberries | red whortleberries |
| two weeks | fortnight |
| freight train | goods train |
| lawyer, attorney-at-law | barrister vs. solicitor |
| a round trip ticket | a return ticket |
