US English spelling
- noun
- /ˌjuːˈɛs ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ ˈspɛlɪŋ/
- US
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ortografía del inglés estadounidense
- Teachers in the United States teach students US English spelling rules from an early age.
Examples
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The software allows you to select either British or US English spelling when checking documents.
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I prefer US English spelling for my papers.
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Some words such as 'color' follow the US English spelling, while others use British convention.
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Many students struggle with US English spellings.
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Teachers in the United States teach students US English spelling rules from an early age.
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The software allows you to select either British or US English spelling when checking documents.
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Some words such as 'color' follow the US English spelling, while others use British convention.
Synonyms
Spelling used in the United States, for example color not colour
The usual way people in the United States write certain English words
The way Americans write English words, for example color instead of colour
The spelling rules used in American English, for example analyze and center
Spelling used in the United States, for example color instead of colour
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'US' (United States) modifies 'English', and combined with 'spelling' yields 'the way English is spelled in the United States'. This follows a regular noun-modifier pattern with no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can reliably infer the meaning.
Etymology
US English spelling comes from Noah Webster, a 19th-century writer who wanted spelling to be simpler and more American. He changed words like colour to color and centre to center, so today 'US English spelling' means the American way of writing certain words.
