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Napoleonponapa Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

What is the differences of ( Round and Around)?

1) The earth moves around the sun.

2) The earth moves round the sun.

Which one is correct?

3) When I called him, he turned around.

4) Whne I callled him , he turned round.

which one is correct?

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Top answer

To me, all these sentences are OK (apart from the typos in #4), and there is no difference in meaning between "round" and "around". "round" and "around" are not always interchangeable though. For example, I would say "It weighs around six kilograms", never "round six kilograms", and "He's been around for ages", never "round for ages".

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  • To me, all these sentences are OK (apart from the typos in #4), and there is no difference in meaning between "round" and "around".
  • "round" and "around" are not always interchangeable though.
  • For example, I would say "It weighs around six kilograms", never "round six kilograms", and "He's been around for ages", never "round for ages".
  • I'm sure there must be plenty of other examples where only one or the other is idiomatic.
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To me, all these sentences are OK (apart from the typos in #4), and there is no difference in meaning between "round" and "around".

"round" and "around" are not always interchangeable though. For example, I would say "It weighs around six kilograms", never "round six kilograms", and "He's been around for ages", never "round for ages". I'm sure there must be plenty of other examples wher
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