British and American usage
Regional spelling, grammar and usage differences in major varieties of English.
Areas within British and American usage
Usage and confusables
Usage distinctions, commonly confused forms and standard written conventions.
68 wordsParts of speech
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, determiners, conjunctions and other grammatical classes.
103 wordsSentence structure
Subjects, predicates, objects, complements, modifiers and sentence patterns.
111 wordsClauses and phrases
Main and subordinate clauses, phrases, relative structures and grammatical units.
46 wordsTense, aspect and mood
Grammar of time, completion, continuity, possibility, obligation and grammatical mood.
88 wordsAgreement and reference
Subject–verb agreement, number, person, pronoun reference and grammatical concord.
54 wordsPunctuation
Terminology for commas, semicolons, colons, apostrophes, quotation marks and other punctuation.
55 wordsSpelling
Orthography, spelling conventions, letter patterns, doubling, endings and common spelling terminology.
89 wordsWord formation
Roots, stems, prefixes, suffixes, inflection, derivation and compound formation.
78 wordsBritish and American usage
Regional spelling, grammar and usage differences in major varieties of English.
37 words39 featured terms
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the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong…
Americanadjectiveof or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American drea…
Americannounthe English language as used in the United States
American Englishnounthe English language as used in the United States
American languagenounthe English language as used in the United States
Australianadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages; "Australian deserts"; "Australian aborigines"
Britishadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture; "his wife is British"
British EnglishnounEnglish as spoken in the UK
Canadiannouna native or inhabitant of Canada
Canadian Englishnounthe English language as used in Canada
Dialectnounthe usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong…
Englishnounthe discipline that studies the English language and literature
Idiomnounthe usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong…
Receivedadjectiveconforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard (American) English"; "received standard English is sometimes…
Regionaladjectivecharacteristic of a region; "regional flora"
Spellingnounforming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
Standardadjectiveconforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard (American) English"; "received standard English is sometimes…
UK EnglishnounEnglish as spoken in the UK
Usagenounthe customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written; "English usage"; "a usage borrowed from French"
Variantadjectiveexhibiting variation and change; "letters variant in size"
Varietynoun(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteris…
Editionnounsomething a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an eme…
Orthoepynounthe way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciati…
Pronunciationnounthe way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciati…
Variantnounsomething a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an eme…
Variationnounsomething a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an eme…
Versionnounsomething a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an eme…
Vocabularynounthe system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts); "he introduced a wide vocabulary of techniques"
Bluenosenouna native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia
Breednouna special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of s…
Cockneynounthe nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London
Cultivarnouna variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation
Geordienounthe nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Misspellingnouna spelling that is incorrect
Patoisnouna regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard
Scotsnounthe dialect of English used in Scotland
Scottishnounthe dialect of English used in Scotland
Stocknouna special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of s…
Strainnouna special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of s…
