writing rules in American and British English

[Eihab]

writing rules in American and British English

[Eihab]

Is there a big difference in writing rules Between American and British English? And when students in both Canada and Australia, are learning English grammar, which one have they been learning?

[Jamie (K)]

The writing rules in British and American English have only very minimal differences, and in most situations the majority of people in both places don't care which version of English something is written in. In fact, we may go 50 or 100 pages into a book before we notice whether it's British or American. (We may have passed evidence before that, but we don't pay much attention.)

I believe that Australians learn to write according to the British standard, but Canadians write according to the Canadian standard, which isn't exactly British and isn't exactly American.

Many people with bad English score very low on English tests in the United States, and they say it is because in their country they learned "British English". This is stupid, and sometimes very comical, because people who say this never speak anything that sounds like British English, and if they were really good at British English, they would score very high on English tests in America.

[Eihab]

Thank you for your clarification. Actually when I did not get answers in this forum I asked the same question in another and received different answers but in general they have the same meaning namely: No big differences, and I'll quote on of them because I've found it very funny "There are differences in word choice/diction that are sometimes awkward. I was teaching an English class in which there was a girl who had learned her English in Britain. In the middle of a quiz she leaned over and asked me if she could "have my rubber." I was quite shocked, because in the U.S. "rubber" is the common term for a condom. In Britain it is a pencil eraser. I soon realized what she meant, and later explained that she shouldn't go around asking men for rubbers in the U.S."

[Eriku Khalifania]

please help me with vowels i mean both short and long vowels

[Eihab]

Hi Eriku Khalifania,
I wish I can help you, but it's better to ask the teachers, so if you want start a new topic and ask them.
Greeting.
Eihab,

[Jamie (K)]

I had a student from Iran who asked a girl in a class for a rubber, and she moved to another part of the room. Then she told the other girls he was a dangerous sex pervert and that they should stay away from him.

However, most educated American adults know that the British call an eraser a rubber. That's just a basic difference.