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Tile park 988 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Preposition about
In Winnie-the-Pooh, A A Milne writes;
"I wonder if you’ve got such a thing as a balloon about you?"
In this sentence, does about you mean with you?
Can anybody please elaborate the usage of about in this concern?
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tile park 988 In this sentence, does about you mean with you? Yes, in the sense of having something in one's possession and carrying it with one. This use of "about" feels rather old-fashioned to me.
- tile park 988 In this sentence, does about you mean with you?
- Yes, in the sense of having something in one's possession and carrying it with one.
- This use of "about" feels rather old-fashioned to me.
- I don't hear people using it much nowadays.
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tile park 988In this sentence, does about you mean with you?
Yes, in the sense of having something in one's possession and carrying it with one.
This use of "about" feels rather old-fashioned to me. I don't hear people using it much nowadays.
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