round / around her mother's wound.

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Can I say,She took out a plaster and wrapped it round / around her mother's wound.

Philip · Accepted Answer

I don't know if "round" is used much any more, but it was common in earlier English poetry.  You should use "around" until someone from another part of the English-speaking worlds tells you differently.

Cool Breeze · Answer

PhilipYou should use "around" until someone from another part of the English-speaking worlds tells you differently.

Very good, Philip!

The Collins Concise Dictionary says thatround has the same meanings as around both as an adverb and as a preposition. It also says that round is "commoner in British English than American English and it is slightly more informal."

Some of the examples the dictionary gives are:

They were sitting round the kitchen table.
All round us was desert.
Visibility was good all round.
Suddenly a car came round a corner on the opposite side.

CB

round / around her mother's wound.

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