{"id":72129,"date":"2019-09-15T10:29:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T10:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72129"},"modified":"2019-09-15T10:29:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T10:29:20","slug":"around-vs-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/around-vs-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Around vs. About"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Around\/round <\/b>indicates movement or position in a circle or a curve.<\/p>\n
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  • They sat around <\/b>the fire.<\/li>\n
  • She walked around<\/b> the house.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    British people also use around <\/b>to talk about going to all or most parts of a place, or giving things to everybody in a group.<\/p>\n

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    • We walked around <\/b>the town. (=We went to almost all parts of the town.)<\/li>\n
    • Could you pass the cups around, please?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      Around and about<\/h5>\n

      Around <\/b>and about <\/b>can both be used to mean here and there<\/i>, some where in<\/i>, in most parts of<\/i> or similar ideas. They don\u2019t suggest a definite or clear movement or position.<\/p>\n

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      • Children usually rush about\/around <\/b>.<\/li>\n
      • The prince went riding about\/around <\/b>the country.<\/li>\n
      • Where is Peter? He must be somewhere around\/about.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Around\/about <\/b>can also mean approximately<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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        • She earns around\/about <\/b>$300 a month.<\/li>\n
        • Around\/about <\/b>fifty people were present at the meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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