Three degrees vs three-sixty degrees
Hi
Would you say that both of these are synonymous?
After that ugly accident, my perspective on social gatherings changed three degrees.
After that ugly accident, my perspective on social gatherings changed three-sixty degrees.
Thanks,
Tom
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Mr. Tom After that ugly accident, my perspective on social gatherings changed three degrees. I have never met that idiom.
- Mr.
- Tom After that ugly accident, my perspective on social gatherings changed three degrees.
- I have never met that idiom.
- Mr.
- Tom After that ugly accident, my perspective on social gatherings changed three-sixty degrees.
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Mr. TomAfter that ugly accident, my perspective on social gatherings changed three degrees.
I have never met that idiom.
Mr. TomAfter that ugly accident, my perspective on social gatherings changed three-sixty degrees.
Not quite.
...my perspective on social gatherings changed t
0I have never heard of "three degrees" meaning "three (hundred and) sixty degrees". What prompted the question? Have you seen it used that way?
Arguably "three sixty degrees" returns you to where you were, so, for a complete change or reversal, which I suppose is what your sentence is intended to mean, it should be 180 and not 360.
(Cross-posted.)
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