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Abil Posted 18 years ago
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0 The incident took place at around 7 p.m. Sunday. 02 br
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00 Is it Ok to put "at" before around? 0-
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0 Yes 02 br
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00 Books 01 b 00 1 02 b 00 - 01 b 00 10 02 b 00 of 01 b 00 99 02 b 00 on 01 b 00 "at around 7pm" 02 b 00 . 0-
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00 Books 01 b 00 1 02 b 00 - 01 b 00 10 02 b 00 of 01 b 00 99 02 b 00 on 01 b 00 "at around 7pm" 02 b 00 . 0-
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0 I would not. 02 br
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00 If something happened "at 7" then it's precise. 02 br
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00 If it happened "around 7" then it's not precise but gives a good idea of when it happened. 02 br
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00 Regardless, you'll hear it spoken - almost as if the speaker changes his mind - "I'll see you at..." is so common that the speaker starts down this pa
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00 If something happened "at 7" then it's precise. 02 br
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00 If it happened "around 7" then it's not precise but gives a good idea of when it happened. 02 br
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00 Regardless, you'll hear it spoken - almost as if the speaker changes his mind - "I'll see you at..." is so common that the speaker starts down this pa
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Yeah, I got it. Thanks Mr. Optilang and GG for your valuable comments.
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Many speakers are guilty of what I call "double prespositioning". Here, 'at' or 'around/about' is enough. One could also use the term four-ish, but I'm not sure what preposition is favored in that case, because I don't use the 'ish.
Another example: "we had the picnic outside of the mansion" ~ 'outside' is enough preposition. 'Outside of' should be reserved for the word as a n
Another example: "we had the picnic outside of the mansion" ~ 'outside' is enough preposition. 'Outside of' should be reserved for the word as a n
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