English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar



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A.Wallwork - English for Research Usage, Style, and Grammar - 2013
28.1 rules
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28.2
some differences in British (GB) and American (US)
spelling, by type
GB
US
GB
US
-ae-, -oe- -e- anaemia, archaeology, anaesthesia anemia, archeology, anesthesia
-amme am programme program arte- arti- artefact (but artificial, artist etc) artifact
-ce
-se defence, offence defense, offense
-ce
-se practice, licence (n. practise, license (v) practise (n, v, license (n, v) edge-
-edg- acknowledgements acknowledgements
-elled
-eled modelled, travelled modeled, traveled
-ey
-ay grey gray
-ise,
-yse
-ize,
-yze analyse, materialise, realise analyze, materialize, realize
-ium um aluminium aluminum l ll marvellous marvelous
-ller
-ler modeller, traveller modeler, traveler
-oe e oedema edema
-ogue
-ge analogue, catalogue, dialogue analog, catalog, dialog our or behaviour, colour, flavour behavior, color, flavor
-ph- f- sulphur sulfur
-que k cheque (money) check re er centre, fibre, metre center, fiber, meter wards ward backwards, forwards, towards backward, forward, toward


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28.3
some differences in British (GB) and American (US)
spelling, alphabetically
GB
US
acknowledgements acknowledgements aluminium aluminum anaemia anemia anaesthesia anesthesia analogue, analog analyse analyze archaeology archeology artefact artifact backwards backward behaviour behavior catalogue catalog centre center cheque check colour color defence defense dialogue dialog empower impower / empower ensure insure / ensure fibre fiber flavour flavor forwards forward grey gray labelled labeled licence (n) license (n, v) license (v) license (n, v) marvellous marvelous materialise materialize metre meter modelled modeled modeller modeler
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