Lecture 13 American English andBritish English 词汇学 教学课件.pptVIP

7. Other features The mandative subjunctive (as in “the City Attorney suggested that the case not be closed”) is livelier in American English than it is in British English. It appears in some areas as a spoken usage and is considered obligatory in contexts that are more formal. The adjectives mad meaning “angry”, smart meaning “intelligent”, and sick meaning “ill” are also more frequent in American (these meanings are also frequent in Hiberno-English) than British English. 1. Equivalents between AmE BrE 2. Words with different meanings in AmE and BrE 3. List of British wor