The differences between american and British English are great as some people imagine. Differences of pronunciation are most immediately noticeable schedule for schedule , for example, or cal for car Pronunciation differences of this kind, however are minor and quite consistent. in grammar there are perhaps ever fewer differences. One of the most obvious is in the British question from have you-? as opposed to the more common american pattern Do you have-? it is probably in the area of vocabulary that the greatest number of differences occur. An American flat is a British puncture, for example, but a British flat is an American apartment. Different for the same word or the same meaning for different words seldom cause many serious differences of communication. All things considered, there seem to be greater differences among the many dialects of British English than there are between the standard of British English and American English.