Разное написание при одинаковом произнесении (по типу омофонов)

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

 


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