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Jubrid Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
All Around
Does this passage have a slight problem:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=180728094
"Stephen Curry wanted to see it all — teammates parading around the court, gold confetti in the air, smiles all around the announced sellout crowd of 19,596."
Shouldn't the phrase 'all around' be followed by a place, not a mass of people? Or is the example usage of "all around" correct, so that, in the following, sentence 1 is as acceptable as sentence 2:
1 "There was confusion all around the room."
2 "There was confusion all around the group of people."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=180728094
"Stephen Curry wanted to see it all — teammates parading around the court, gold confetti in the air, smiles all around the announced sellout crowd of 19,596."
Shouldn't the phrase 'all around' be followed by a place, not a mass of people? Or is the example usage of "all around" correct, so that, in the following, sentence 1 is as acceptable as sentence 2:
1 "There was confusion all around the room."
2 "There was confusion all around the group of people."
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It's less common, but I wouldn't say it is wrong. Clive
- It's less common, but I wouldn't say it is wrong.
- Clive
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Would this be better?
"....smiles all around the arena packed with an announced sellout crowd of 19,596"
"....smiles all around the arena packed with an announced sellout crowd of 19,596"
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Would this be better?
"....smiles among the announced sellout crowd of....."
"....smiles among the announced sellout crowd of....."
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