What is Comparison of American and British English?
[[American English]] and [[British English]] are the two main [[dialects]] (types) of the [[English language]]. American English is spoken in the [[United States]], while British English is spoken in the [[United Kingdom]]. Both types of English are different to each other in some ways, for example in spelling, [[punctuation]], [[grammar]] and [[vocabulary]]. == Spelling == [[File:International_English_Spelling_updated.svg|thumb|Spelling of some words in American, [[Canadian English|Canadian]], British and [[Australian English]]]] There are many words that sound the same in both American and British English but have different spellings, due mainly to the spelling reforms of [[Noah Webster]]. British English often keeps more traditional ways of spelling words than American English. For example: *Most words that end in ''-our'' in British English (''colour'', ''labour'') end in ''-or'' in American English (''color'', ''labor''). *Most words that end in ''-re'' in British English (''metre'', ''centre'') end in ''-er'' in American English (''meter'', ''center''). *Most words from [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Latin language|Latin]] that are written with ''ae'' or ''oe'' in British English (''anaemia'', ''diarrhoea'') are written with an ''e'' in American English (''anemia'', ''diarrhea''). But the British spelling ''archaeology'' is still common in American English, while the American spellings ''encyclopedia'' (from Latin ''encyclopaedia'') and ''medieval'' (from Latin ''mediaevalis'') are common in British English. *Verbs that may end in ''-ise'' or ''-yse'' in British English (''analyse'', ''realise'') always end in ''-ize'' and ''-yze'' in American English (''analyze'', ''realize''). The [[Oxford English Dictionary]] (a [[dictionary]] for British English) use verbs end in ''-ize'' and ''-yse'' (''analyse'', ''realize''). *Nouns that end in ''-isation'' in British English (''organisation'', ''realisation'') end in ''-ization'' in American English (''organization'', ''realization''). The Oxford English Dictionar