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Tips and hints to prevent screw-ups in my fan fiction. Most of this I already have memorised, but it's pearled here for peace of mind.

Comparison of American and British English. American and British English spelling differences. One of the ways in which American English and British English differ is in spelling. Historical origins[edit] Extract from the Orthography section of the first edition (1828) of Webster's ADEL, the root of many American vs. British English differences: -re, -er (6); -our, -or (7); Dropped e (8); -or vs. -er (10); -ce, -se (11); doubling consonants with suffix (15) American medical text from 1814 showing the British English spellings still used at the time, such as "tumours", "colour", and "centres".

In the early 18th century, English spelling was not standardised. Webster was a strong proponent of English spelling reform for reasons both philological and nationalistic. The spelling systems of most Commonwealth countries and Ireland, for the most part, closely resemble the British system. Latin-derived spellings[edit] Popularity of some of the spelling differences mentioned on the English Wikipedia as of March 2013. -our, -or[edit] Derivatives and inflected forms Exceptions Commonwealth usage. British English. British English (BE, en-UK or en-GB)[1] is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere.[2] The Oxford English Dictionary applies the term to English as "spoken or written in the British Isles; esp[ecially] the forms of English usual in Great Britain", reserving "Hiberno-English" for the "English language as spoken and written in Ireland".[3] Nevertheless, Hiberno-English forms part of the broad British English continuum.

[citation needed] Others, such as the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary, define it as the "English language as it is spoken and written in England. "[4] The European Union basically uses 'British English' as its standard variety of English (including also Irish English).[5] History[edit] English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Germanic settlers from various parts of what is now northwest Germany and the northern Netherlands. Japanese tea ceremony. The elaborate and refined Japanese tea ceremony is meant to demonstrate respect through grace and good etiquette as demonstrated here by Dr.

Genshitsu Sen, 15th Grand Master of the Urasenke Tea School. The Japanese tea ceremony, also called the Way of Tea, is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of matcha, powdered green tea. In Japanese, it is called chanoyu (茶の湯?) Or sadō, chadō (茶道?). The manner in which it is performed, or the art of its performance, is called (o)temae ([お]手前; [お]点前?). Tea gatherings are classified as an informal tea gathering chakai (茶会? History[edit] An open tea house serving matcha (ippuku issen 一服一銭, right) and a peddler selling extracts (senjimono-urija:煎じ物売, left) in Muromachi period illustrated in 24th poem match in Shichiju-ichiban shokunin utaawase (ja:七十一番職人歌合, Seventy-one Poetry Matches on the (142) Occupations, a copy of Tokyo National Museum reproduced in 1846, originally compiled in 1500).

Venues[edit] Royal Army Medical Corps. The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace. Together with the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps and Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, the RAMC forms the British Army's essential Army Medical Services. The RAMC does not carry a Regimental Colour or Queen's Colour, although it has a Regimental Flag, nor does it have battle honours, as elements of the corps have been present in almost every single war the army has fought. Because it is not a fighting arm (non-combatant), under the Geneva Conventions, members of the RAMC may only use their weapons for self-defence. For this reason, there are two traditions that the RAMC perform when on parade: Insignia[edit] The RAMC, like every other British regiment, has its own distinctive unit insignia.

History[edit] Army surgeons carry out an operation during the Second World War Units[edit]