Britansko-američka pravila pisanja

There are some spelling differences in American English. In the 1800’s, the US Congress actually called for several changes to make words more phonetic. Look at the following examples:

British English

words ending in -re
words ending in -our
words ending in -ogue
words ending in -ise, -ize
završni -l se udvostručava nakon kratke samoglasnike
words ending in -ence

American English

change to -er
change to -or
change to -og
ending only in -ize
završni -l se ne udvostručava uvek nakon kratke samoglasnike
change to -ense

Examples (British – American)

-re/-er: centre-center; metre-meter; maneuvre-maneuver, theatre-theater
-our/-or: colour-color, neighbour-neighbor, honour-honor, splendour-splendor, parlour-parlor
-ouge/-og: catalogue-catalog, monologue-monolog,
-ise, -ize/-ize: realise, realize-realize, criticise-criticize, maximise-maximize, apologise-apologize, authorise-authorize, dramatise-dramatize, recognise-recognize, summarise-summarize
-ll/-l: travelled-traveled; modelling-modeling
-ence/-ense: defence-defense; licence-license, pretence-pretense, offence-offense

Here you will find words which have different meanings or are spelled differently in British and American English.

Britansko-američka pravila pisanja

British English

American English

Examples (British – American)

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