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About vs Around
What's the difference between:
About 4pm or around 4pm?
About 10kg or around 10kg?
About a point or around a point? (a point in space)
Thanks!
Fernando
About 4pm or around 4pm?
About 10kg or around 10kg?
About a point or around a point? (a point in space)
Thanks!
Fernando
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[nq:1]What's the difference between: About 4pm or around 4pm? [/nq] In those two examples, about and around mean the same thing: approximately. [nq:1]About a point or around a point?
- [nq:1]What's the difference between: About 4pm or around 4pm?
- [/nq] In those two examples, about and around mean the same thing: approximately.
- [nq:1]About a point or around a point?
- (a point in space)[/nq] That's a different usage.
- It's similar, but it can refer to a whole lot of points that are near a point in space (the vicinity), while the first two examples refer to a single value that is near the indicated value (that lies in the vicinity).
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[nq:1]What's the difference between: About 4pm or around 4pm? About 10kg or around 10kg?[/nq]
In those two examples, about and around mean the same thing: approximately.
[nq:1]About a point or around a point? (a point in space)[/nq]
That's a different usage. It's similar, but it can refer to a whole lot of points that are near a point in space (the vicinity), while the first two exampl
In those two examples, about and around mean the same thing: approximately.
[nq:1]About a point or around a point? (a point in space)[/nq]
That's a different usage. It's similar, but it can refer to a whole lot of points that are near a point in space (the vicinity), while the first two exampl
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[nq:1]What's the difference between: About 4pm or around 4pm? About 10kg or around 10kg? About a point or around a point? (a point in space)[/nq]
None. They're all colloquial usages indicating approximation.
It's when they start saying "about 22 lbs." that you need to start worrying (because it usually means that they performed an overly-precise conversion from metric).
David
None. They're all colloquial usages indicating approximation.
It's when they start saying "about 22 lbs." that you need to start worrying (because it usually means that they performed an overly-precise conversion from metric).
David
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