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British english vs American EnglishIn england and America, both countries want to be the purism form of english. Now there are lots of differences when it comes to grammar, spelling, pronunciation, vocabulary, etc. A teacher has to take in the spelling differences for english whether it is the American or British way. Most of American spelling is the same as the way the British spelled before 19th century. Noah Webster supposedly influenced many of the spelling rules that Americans use by using the english that the British used before the 19th century, however there are some rules that he did not influenced in American spelling. One of the rules that he came up was to spell words with –or instead of –our. Some of the Americans spellings for –or are color, favor, flavor, labor, and neighbor. The corresponding British spellings for these words are colour, favour, flavour, labour, and neighbour. This spelling of –or is the same as earlier British english without the u, because many years earlier, the english had erased the u from a lot of words spelled with –our by changing it to –or: author, doctor, emperor, and senator. Another rule that Webster came up with was the American use of –er instead of -re. Some examples of the American spellings using –er are center, liter, manoeuver, meter, and theater. The British spellings of these words are centre, litre, manoeuvre, metre, and theatre. Now the British spellings using -re were not used until the 19th century. Many people before Webster proposed “not doubling the final l on words when adding a suffix except in words stressed on their final syllables” (Algeo 215). The Americans spelling for the word grovel in other forms are groveled, groveler, and groveling. The British spelling for the word grovel in other forms are grovelled, groveller, and grovelling. Propel is still spelled the same way in both British and American english: propelled, propeller, propelling, and propellant. Americans and British have differences when it comes to –se and –ce. Americans use –se and the British/english use –ce for words. Americans spells defense with –se and the english spells the same word with –ce (suspence). Suspense with –se is now commonly spelled in British english. American and British have differences when it comes to –ise and –ize. In America, the spelling more prefer is –ize and in England, the spelling more prefer is –ise. The American spelling is more prestigious than the –ise according to several publications, such as Oxford english Dictionary and english Pronouncing Dictionary. The reason why –ize is more prestigious, because is it closer to the greek suffix –izein. The British use –ae and –oe in certain words that look weird to Americans, for example anaemic, gynaecology, and manoeuvre. The American spellings for these words are anemic, gynecology, and maneuver. The American spellings for these words are simplified. In the American spelling for anemic and gynecology, the a is dropped. For the word maneuver in American english, the o is dropped and the –re is reversed. Some other differences between the two main forms of english are –og /–ogue.,-dg/-dge / -g/-gu, and -ck/-k/-que. Analog, catalog, and dialog are spelled the American way for -og. Analogue, catalogue, and dialogue are spelled the British way for -ogue. American versus British spellings for –dg/-dge/-g/-du could be found in the following words aging, argument, and judgment. Aging spelled the British way is with an –e, making it ageing. With argument and judgment, the British spelling is with an e before the m, thus making it arguement and judgement. Bank is spelled the American way and banque is spelled the British way, because of the differences between -k and -que. Checker and chequer are the same word, but the difference is the spelling. Checker is spelled with –ck for the American way. Chequer is the British way because of the –que. Noah Webster supposedly influenced most of the spelling rules for American english when in fact the rules for spelling came from the England itself before the 19th century. In this article, I stated some of the differences between American and British english spelling: -or versus -our, -er versus –re, -se versus –ce, not doubling the final l, -ise versus –ize, and the use of ae/oe in words. Bibliography Algeo, John. The Origins and Development of the english Language. 5th Ed. Australia. Thomson Wadsworth. 2005.pp 215-216.