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Abil Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
About, Around, Approximately, An estimated, Close to
About five hundred million dollars have been spent ...
Around ................
Approximately ......................
An estimated ...............
Close to ..............
Do the above mean the same thing?
Around ................
Approximately ......................
An estimated ...............
Close to ..............
Do the above mean the same thing?
Top answer
They all mean roughly the same thing. e. 'less than').
- They all mean roughly the same thing.
- e.
- 'less than').
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They all mean roughly the same thing. Unlike the others, however, 'close to' is generally understood only to mean 'almost' (i.e. 'less than').
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AbilAbout five hundred million dollars have been spent ...Another option is "some".
Some five hundred million dollars has been spent ... -> Note: Singular verb here.
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HuevosSome five hundred million dollars has been spent ... -> Note: Singular verb here."some * dollars has" 457 Google hits
"some * dollars have" 18,000 Google hits
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AbilAbout five hundred million dollars have been spent ...Yankee has already answered about the meaning. How about the register? I see "Around" as the most colloquial one and "Approximately" and "An estimated" as more formal.
Around ..
Approximately ..
An estimated ..
Do the above mean the same thing?
If inter
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Thanks Tanit, Avangi and Huevos.
Tanit, the BBC link has been much helpful.
Tanit, the BBC link has been much helpful.
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