Wednesday, March 8, 2017

British english vs American english and adjective order

British English vs American English

There are many British words which are different to American words.

British            American


color                      colour
fulfill                      fulfil
center                    centre
analyze                 analyse
aging                    ageing
dialog                   dialogue
anesthesia             anaesthesia
Football                Soccer
Rounders               Baseball
Bat                         Paddle
Flat                        apartment
Garden                   yard
Town                      downtown
Par park                 parking lot
Motorway              freeway or highway
Junction                intersection
Petrol                    gasoline
Cinema                 movies
Chips                    French fries
Crips                     potato chips
Autumn                 fall

Adjective Order

If have multiple adjectives before the noun so we arrange adjective In the following order.

1                2               3                  4                    5             6             7          8                 9
General    Specific     size          Temperature   shape       age       color     nationalist     Material opinion    opinion  

Adjective                                   Example
Quantity                                     four,ten,a few,several
Value or Opinion                       delicious, charming, beautiful
Size                                           tall, tiny, huge
Temperature                              hot, cold
Age                                           old, young, new, 14-year-old
Shape                                        square, round
Color                                         red, purple, green
Origin                                        Swedish, Victorian, Chinese
Material                                     glass,  silver,  wooden

1) This is a casual big new square brown  Italian cotton bag.
2) The playroom has six small round plastic tables.
3) A nice handsome young man.
4) A big black American car.
5) That horrible big fierce dog.


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