Written forms of British and American English as found in newspapers and textbooks vary little in their essential features， with only occasional noticeable differences in comparable media (comparing American newspapers with British newspapers， for example) This kind of formal English， particularly written English， is often called "standard English"British and American English are the reference norms for English as spoken， written， and taught in the rest of the For instance the English-speaking members of the Commonwealth often closely follow British English forms while many new American English forms quickly become familiar outside of the United S Although most dialects of English used in the former British Empire outside of North America are， to various extents， based on British English， most of the countries concerned have developed their own unique dialects， particularly with respect to pronunciation， idioms and Chief among other English dialects are Canadian English， based on the English of United Empire Loyalists who left the 13 Colonies，and Australian English， which rank third and fourth in number of native 书面形式的英国英语和美国英语报纸和教科书中发现在他们的基本特征变化小，偶尔明显差异类似媒体(比较与英国报纸，美国报纸的例子)。这种正式英语，特别是书面英语，通常被称为“标准英语”。英国英语和美国英语是英语作为参考规范，说、写、教导在世界的其余部分。比如讲英语的共同体的成员经常紧紧跟随英国英语的形式，形成了许多新的美式英语迅速成为熟悉到美国之外。虽然大多数方言使用的英语在前英国帝国于北美以外，各种程度的基础上，英国英语，大多数有关国家已经形成了自己独特的方言，尤其是关于发音、成语和词汇。在其他的英语方言主要是加拿大英语，英语的基础上联合帝国忠臣何时离开了13个殖民地，澳大利亚英语，排名第三和第四数量以英文为母语的人。
