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.
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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
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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 |