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Is there a book that gives fairly completely all of the differences between American and British English?

"England and America are two countries divided by a common language." (Commonly attributed to George Shaw but not found in any of his published writings)

Of course British English and American English are the same language and there are no major differences. But there are thousands of minor differences in idioms, word meanings, word usage, spelling and more. Is there a more or less complete book that gives all of the differences?

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  • 7 years ago

    There are many such books. To come up with a complete list would very difficult as there are many regional language differences and English is a constantly evolving language.

    Funky English introduces the subject and has some common examples.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Such a book would be spread over many volumes.

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