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(AE) I don't like it too much.
(BE) I don't like it very much.
In road signs, Americans use the word SLOW as an adverb;
e.g.
SLOW – DANGEROUS BEND
In informal American English, SLOW is often preceded with the verb GO and some
other similar verbs;
e.g.
(AE) He likes to drive slow.
(BE) He likes to drive slowly.
SURE
often means 'certainly' in an informal style in American English;
e.g. «May I use your telephone, please?» «Sure.»
In informal American English, REALLY is often replaced by REAL before adverbs and
adjectives;
e-g-
real nice; real well
In formal American English, mid-position adverbs often occur before auxiliary verbs
and the verb to 1';
e.g.
He PROBABLY was in London for two days.
She OFTEN has criticized her school.
We LONG have been developing our skills.
In British English, such position of mid-position adverbs is concidered to be
emphatic.
In American English, AS WELL is less common in positive clauses than ALSO and
TOO
.
NEARLY
is less common in American English than ALMOST.
5. The Present Perfect Tense
In American English, when people talk about something that happened in the past and
now is finished, but still has the influence on the present situation they often use the
simple past instead of the present perfect.
6. The verbs SHALL/ WILL
The forms I
SHALL
/
I
WILL
and WE SHALL/ WE WILL do not have any difference in
British English. However, SHALL is becoming less common than WILL in British
English and is not almost used in American English.
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