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British English versus American English

The English language was first introduced to the Americas by British colonization, beginning in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. 

The language also spread to numerous other parts of the world as a result of British trade and colonization and the spread of the former British Empire, which, by 1921, included about 470–570 million people, about a quarter of the world's population. 

Written forms of British and American English as found in newspapers and textbooks vary little in their essential features, with only occasional noticeable differences. (Source: Wikipedia)

The main difference between British English and American English is in pronunciation. Some words are also different in each variety of English, and there are also a few differences in the way they use grammar.

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"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" is a song written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 film Shall We Dance, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as part of a celebrated dance duet on roller skates.

The song is most famous for its “You like to-may-toes /təˈmeɪtoʊz/ and I like to-mah-toes /təˈmɑːtoʊz/” and other verses comparing their different regional dialects. 

The differences in pronunciation are not simply regional, however, but serve more specifically to identify class differences. At the time, typical American pronunciations were considered less "refined" by the upper-class, and there was a specific emphasis on the "broader" a sound. This class distinction with respect to pronunciation has been retained in caricatures, especially in the theater, where the longer a pronunciation is most strongly associated with the word "darling."

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Which words do you know that are spelled differently but have the same
meaning? Name as many as you can.

     

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Differences between DAMAGE, HURT, INJURE & HARM

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Las diferencias entre ⤵️

1⃣Damage
2⃣Hurt
3⃣Injure
4⃣Harm

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1º Bach Unit 8 Reported Speech II

Reported Speech: Questions, Commands, Requests - Reporting Verbs, an interactive worksheet 

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2º Bach Comparatives Unit 6

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

1. We use more.... for adverbs that end in -ly: more slowly, more quietly
2. You can use -er or more... with some two-syllable adjectives, especially: quiet, clever, narrow, shallow, simple
3. IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES:  good/well  >  better, bad/badly > worse, far > further/farther
4. FURTHER & FURTHEST meaning 'more' or 'additional': Let me know if you hear any further news
5. Before comparatives, you can use QUANTIFIERS such as:  much, a lot, far, a bit, a little, slightly (He's much / slightly taller than his sister). Other forms to quantify the comparison are: far less, far more, much less, much more.
6. You can use any, no + adjective in the comparative form. Ex. I'm not waiting any longer.
7. Two comparatives of superiority connected by and meaning 'CADA VEZ MÁS'. Ex. The situation is becoming harder and harder.
8. 'CUÁNTO MÁS..., MÁS...'  >>>   The sooner, the better.
9. Difference between 'older' and 'elder'  //  'oldest' and 'eldest' (remember: an elderly lady).
10. COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY: so, as....as....    Fernando Alonso is as fast as the wind.
11. COMPARATIVE OF INFERIORITY: less....than...    My cousin is less intelligent than my sister.
12. Difference between LESS & FEWER.   Examples: I've got less money than you. A bicycle has got fewer wheels than a bus.
13. Some interesting collocations: the same as, different from, similar to   
14. We use the most.... to form the superlative form of adverbs that end in -ly or longer adjectives: the most slowly, the most quietly, the most intelligent
15. You can use the expression by far to emphasize the superlative: He is the best tennis player by far!
16. After superlatives we use in with places (the longest river in the world) and of for a period of time (the happiest day of my life)
17. ABSOLUTE SUPERLATIVE meaning 'very'. The book you lent me was most interesting.

1. The + comparatives - exercises
2. Equality, superiority, inferiority
3. Adjectives - degrees of comparison
4. Prague: comparative and superlative
5. Comparison of adjectives
6. Comparative and superlative
7. Comparative or superlative 1
8. Comparative or superlative 2
9. Comparisons: adjectives - adverbs
10. Comparative and superlative
11. Adjectives and adverbs
12. The comparison of adjectives
13. Comparison : adjectives - adverbs
14. Mixed adjectives - exercises
15. Irregular adjectives

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