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Don't leave your clothes lying around on the bedroom floor.

Don't leave your clothes lying about on the bedroom floor.

Are these sentence above correct? If so, which one should I prefer? Around or about?
  

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Ask Questions Are these sentence s above correct? Yes. 'around' sounds more American to me; 'about' sounds more British to me.

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  • Ask Questions Are these sentence s above correct?
  • Yes.
  • 'around' sounds more American to me; 'about' sounds more British to me.
  • Both are understandable in both varieties of English, so it doesn't matter which you use.
  • If you want, you can even leave that part out completely and say Don't leave your clothes on the bedroom floor .
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Yes. 'around' sounds more American to me; 'about' sounds more British to me. Both are understandable in both varieties of English, so it doesn't matter which you use. If you want, you can even leave that part out completely and say Don't leave your clothes on the b
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Don't leave your clothes lying around on the bedroom floor. American English speakers would say this.
Don't leave your clothes lying about on the bedroom floor. British English speakers would say this.
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