TY - BOOK AU - Schur,Norman W. AU - Ehrlich,Eugene TI - British English, A to Zed T2 - Facts on File library of language and literature SN - 9788176499576 U1 - 423.1 PY - 2005/// CY - New Delhi PB - Viva Books KW - English language N1 - Original edition,s ISBN 081604239X 9780816042395 Published at New York : Facts on File, ©2001; Includes index; British English: A to Zed -- Appendix I General Differences Between British and American English -- A. Syntax -- 1. Prepositions -- 2. Definite articles -- 3. Compound nouns -- 4. Noun-verb agreement; collectives -- 5. Who and other pronouns -- B. Pronunciation -- 1. Proper nouns and adjectives; general; county name abbreviations (Tables) -- 2. Common nouns (Tables) -- C. Spoken Usage and Figures of Speech -- 2. Do and done -- 3. Directness and subtlety of British and American styles compared -- 4. Usage of selected units of measure -- 5. Usage of selected monetary units -- 6. U and non-U -- D. Punctuation and Style -- 1. Hyphens -- 2. Parentheses -- 3. Quotation marks -- 4. Time of day -- 5. Dates -- 6. Abbreviations of forms of address -- 7. Forms of address -- 8. Placement of River -- 9. Miscellaneous abbreviations -- E. Spelling -- A. Currency -- B. Financial Terms -- C. Units of Measure -- 1. Dry measure -- @a. Barrel -- @b. Hundredweight -- @c. Keel -- @d. Quart -- @e. Score -- @i. Pigs, oxen -- @ii. Coal -- @f. Stone (Table of weights of various commodities) -- @g. Ton -- @h. Windle -- 2. Liquid measure -- @a. Gallon -- @b. Gill -- @c. Pint (see gallon) -- @d. Quart (see gallon) -- D. Numbers (Table) -- E. Automotive Terms (Table for parts of: Body, Brakes, Chassis, Electrical Equipment, Motor and Clutch, Axle and Transmission, Steering, Tools and Accessories, Transmission, Tires) -- F. Musical Notation (Table) -- G. Slang -- 1. Cant -- 2. London slang (Table) -- 3. Rhyming slang (Table) -- 4. Poker slang (Table) -- 5. British betting terms (Glossary) -- H. Food Names -- I. Botanical and Zoological Names -- J. Britain, Briton, British, English, etc. -- K. Cricket Terms (Glossary) -- L. Connotative Place-Names N2 - Collection of more than 5,000 Briticisms and Americanisms for English speakers on both sides of the Atlantic ER -