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Manson Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

All rounder

Hi there
I understand being all-rounder means versatile.
But is that gramatically correct to say
I have an all-rounder personality?

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Manson
  

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"All around" is the general term, functioning as an adjective. " (I want to hire a competent "jack-of-all-trades"). An "all-arounder" or "all-rounder" in baseball might be a player who can handle every position in the field, and also hit.

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  • "All around" is the general term, functioning as an adjective.
  • " (I want to hire a competent "jack-of-all-trades").
  • An "all-arounder" or "all-rounder" in baseball might be a player who can handle every position in the field, and also hit.
  • ).
  • "All-around" is like "all-purpose," but we don't say an all-purpose vehicle is an all-purposer .
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"All around" is the general term, functioning as an adjective. "I'm looking for a good all around hand." (I want to hire a competent "jack-of-all-trades"). An "all-arounder" or "all-rounder" in baseball might be a player who can handle every position in the field, and also hit. When used in this form, it's a noun, and should not be used "adjectively" to modify another word (an all-rounder guy
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