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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Round and around
tomorow I will have a test .At themoment I dont now the déffirence between round and around ??pls tell me Iam in ...
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As an adverb/preposition, I think there's no difference, but "around" is the usual one in American English, and "round" is sometimes also used in the UK, I think. But round can be an adjective too, and in this case you can't use "around" instead: The ball is round.
- As an adverb/preposition, I think there's no difference, but "around" is the usual one in American English, and "round" is sometimes also used in the UK, I think.
- But round can be an adjective too, and in this case you can't use "around" instead: The ball is round.
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As an adverb/preposition, I think there's no difference, but "around" is the usual one in American English, and "round" is sometimes also used in the UK, I think.
But round can be an adjective too, and in this case you can't use "around" instead:
The ball is round.
But round can be an adjective too, and in this case you can't use "around" instead:
The ball is round.
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