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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Abbreviation for 'American English' and 'British English'

Hi teachers,

Which is the correct abbreviation for them because I've seen different types.

American English

British English

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

There's no 'correct' way and no ruling body. The ones you see here are popular: AmE, BrE . Online dictionaries use these: British Brit UK BrE US AmE What others have you seen?

— Mister Micawber

  • There's no 'correct' way and no ruling body.
  • The ones you see here are popular: AmE, BrE .
  • Online dictionaries use these: British Brit UK BrE US AmE What others have you seen?
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There's no 'correct' way and no ruling body. The ones you see here are popular: AmE, BrE. Online dictionaries use these:

British

Brit

UK

BrE


US

AmE



What others have you seen?
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Hi,

You may find these as well: Chiefly US, Chiefly British.

Regards
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Hi Mister Micawber,
Mister Micawber What others have you seen?
No more. I thought there was a correct way of saying them.

Thanks a lot

TS
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Hi Regards,

One more to add. Thank you for your reply.

Best,

TS
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I proof quite a few dissertations for Australian and Canadian graduate students. They always refer to it as GB-en, and that's how I search for editorial style rules.
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There is also RP (Received Pronunciation) and GA (General American) for the most 'standard' varieties of BrE and AmE respectively
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Anonymous a few dissertations for Australian and Canadian graduate students. They always refer to it as GB-en, and that's how I search for editorial style rules.
You search the dissertations for style rules? Isn't that bass ackwards?
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