American English Booklet11
1.8.3. Differences in the Preposition and the Adverbs
Prepositions. Common in British English and American English are behind, apart from, on top of. But American English uses instead of apart from - aside from, on top of - atop. American English uses in behalf of in addition to shared on behalf of.
BrE AmE
opposite opposite of
alongside alongside of
American English omits prepositions more freely in time expressions, e.g. She starts work Monday.
Round- British English, around - American English. The preposition through as in “Volume 1 of the dictionary goes from "A" through "G" is not current in British English.
Содержание
- American english: Матеріали до вивчення курсу
- Contents
- 1.1. English as it exists today
- 1.2. Dialects vs variety/variation
- 1.3. English in america
- The languages of the usa and canada
- 1.3.1. Canadian English
- 1.3.2. Regional varieties of Canadian English
- 1.3.3. Regional varieties of English in the usa
- 1.4. Social variations of american english
- 1.5. Ethnic varieties of american english
- 1.5.1. Native American English
- 1.5.2. Spanish-influenced English
- 1.5.3. Black English
- 1.6. Male-female differences
- 1.6.1. Approaches to the Explanation of Cross-Sex Difference
- 1.6.2. Differences encoded in language
- 1.6.3. How to Avoid Sexist Language
- 1.7. British and american english: differences in pronunciation
- 1.7.1. Differences in Phonetic Inventory
- 1.7.2. Differences in Quality of the Phonemes
- 1.7.3. Phonotactic Differences
- Intervocalic /t/
- 1.7.4. Divergent Patterns of Phoneme Use in Sets of Words
- 1.7.5. Stress and Intonation
- 1.8. British english and american english: differences in morphology
- 1.8.1. Differences in the Verb
- 1.8.2. Differences in the Noun and Pronoun
- 1.8.3. Differences in the Preposition and the Adverbs
- Time Expressions:
- 1.9. British english and american english: differences in lexis
- British english and american english:
- BrE fulfil, instil may be interpreted as simplification. In AmE we find double “ll” in fulfill, instill, but both forms are used in AmE install(l), install(l)ment.
- BrE BrE
- Individual Words which Differ in Spelling
- Exercise 2
- Exercise 3
- Exercise 4
- Exercise 5
- Exercise 6
- Exercise 7
- Exercise 18
- Exercise 19
- 1. Eastern New England
- 2. Middle Atlantic
- 3. Southern
- 4. North Central
- 5. Southern Mountain
- Exercise 20
- Exercise 21
- List of Abbreviations
- Glossary