PRINCIPAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH

Abstract

The research investigates historical stages of the origin of American variant of English and deals with the principal differences between two variants of the English language, particularly British and American. The article presents a detailed description of the distinctive features of pronunciation, vocabulary, orthography, and grammar of the two most widely used variants of English with examples on each peculiarity. The authors analyze the reasons of the differences appearance considering historical aspects of the USA development. it