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Farassoo Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

BrE and AmE mixed in my book?

His(Galileo's) father was a SKILLFUL musician and mathematician, but believing that music and mathematics would never make his son rich, he resolved that Galileo should become a cloth-dealer. But Galileo HAD NOT the taste or ability for business.
Are these words the same in both American and British English? The narrator has pronounced the whole text in American accent.
  

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Skillful is often spelled skilful in BrE. Had not is the same in both AmE and BrE.

  • Skillful is often spelled skilful in BrE.
  • Had not is the same in both AmE and BrE.
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Skillful is often spelled skilful in BrE. Had not is the same in both AmE and BrE.

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