American vs. British English | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 |

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[American vs. British English #2]
FOCUS: Differences in spelling and wording between American and British English.
Use the corpus to solve the following exercises.

1) Search for "racquet" in the corpus; is this spelling typical of US or UK English?
US
UK
it has been used in both varieties

2) Use the corpus to find out which of the following statements is the most accurate one.
"french fries" is commonly used both in US and UK English
"french fries" is most commonly used in US English
"french fries" is never used in UK English

3) Use the corpus to find which of the following spellings is almost exclusively found in US texts.
jewelry
jewellery
jewelery

4) Use the corpus to find which of the following spellings is commonly found in UK texts.
jewelry
jewellery
jewelery

5) Does the corpus support the statement that "realtor" is a US word for an estate agent?
yes
no
yes, but only in film

6) According to the corpus results is "meager" a typically US spelling?
yes, it is only found in US texts
no, it is only found in UK texts
yes, but it has also been recorded in other varieties

7) According to the corpus results is "mediocer" the US spelling of "mediocre"?
yes, it only occurs in US texts
no, but there are no hits in the corpus
yes, but it has also been recorded in other varieties

8) According to the corpus results is "sepulchre" the UK spelling of "sepulcher"?
yes, it only occurs in UK texts
no, but there are no hits in the corpus
yes, but it has also been recorded in other varieties


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