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whereas British English typically will keep the E as a silentletter. Examples • Age >BrE ageing/AmE aging • Like >BrE likeable/AmElikable Exceptions • Both sides of the pond typically use lunging, lovable,cringing, curable, and breathable. Loss of vowel combinations/ligatures CertainEnglish words with roots from Greek and Latin, often medical terms, have beenhistorically spelled with  to be aligature (generally, a typeface that combines the two vowels into onecharacter, e.g. ӕ or œ.) In British English, the combined vowels, either ae oroe, are kept, while in the US, only the E is kept. Examples • BrEanaemia/AmEanemia • BrE aeon/AmE eon • BrEoestrogen/AmE estrogen Exceptions • Words thatcan be spelled both ways in US English: aesthetics/esthetics, archaeology/archeology,amoeba/ameba • Words

that can be spelled both ways in British English:encyclopaedia/encyclopedia, chamaeleon/chameleon, mediaeval/medieval -St Thisis chiefly a word ending you’ll find in British prepositions and adverbs. Ofcourse, Americans may use these terms in informal Chinese Thailand Phone Number List writing if they enjoy theirunmistakable flavor. Examples • AmE among/BrE amongst • AmE while/BrE whilst -Tinstead of -ed for past tense For certain verbs, the British use -t to denotethe past tense, while Americans typically use -ed. However, in AmericanEnglish, both variants are still often seen. Examples • leap >BrE leapt/AmEleaped • burn >BrE burnt (burned an acceptable variant)/AmE burnedExceptions • Among others, sleep>slept and sweep>swept are always standard.-Ogvs -ogue Once again, the British generally use more letters, using -oguewhere Americans use -og. Examples •

AmE catalog/BrE catalogue • AmE analog/BrE analogue Exceptions •While both forms of these words are accepted, dialogue, synagogue, anddemagogue are the preferred spellings in the US. Exceptions to the spellingrules Of course, it wouldn’t be English without some spellings that don’t seemto follow any specific rule. Here’s a quick chart of some more unusual Britishand American English spelling differences. American Spelling British Spellingairplane aeroplane aluminum aluminium check cheque cozy cosy gray grey jewelryjewellery curb kerb licorice liquorice mold mould mom, mommy mum, mummy plowplough pajamas pyjamas