FCE Use of English: part 2 - 1

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British and American English

Students of English all over the world are aware that (0) there   are differences (1) scoring British and American English. But how great are the differences really?
The varieties (2) scoring English have historical roots. (3) scoring pilgrims left England in the seventeenth century, (4) scoring language has evolved, giving rise to changes (5) scoring vocabulary, grammar and spelling. Many of the (6) scoring obvious differences are in the vocabulary used in the two countries (7) scoring many of the words in common use in the twentieth century (8) scoring not exist in the seventeenth (9) scoring . "Pavements" in Britain, and "sidewalks" in the USA, only became common later, (10) scoring example.
The two countries (11) scoring also borrowed words from different sources: courgettes (12) scoring imported to Britain from France (13) scoring zucchini were brought to America (14) scoring Italian immigrants.
Printing was a relatively new invention in the seventeenth century and the spelling of (15) scoring words had not yet been formalised, which accounts for many of the differences in spelling.




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