About vs Around about

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About

Top 1000 (très courant) A1 preposition

Around about

Top 2000 (courant)

Le plus courant: About

	About	Around about
Prononciation	🇬🇧 /["/əˈbaʊt/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/əˈbaʊt/"]/	🇬🇧 //əˈraʊnd əˈbaʊt// 🇺🇸 //əˈraʊnd əˈbaʊt//
Sens	Concerning or in relation to something.	Approximativement ou à peu près. Approximately or roughly.
Exemple	I read a book about nature.	The meeting will start at around about 3 PM.
Registre	Neutre	Neutre
Fréquence	Top 1000 (très courant)	Top 2000 (courant)
Niveau CEFR	A1	-
Nature grammaticale	preposition
Collocations	talk about, think about, worry about, know about, care about	around about five, around about a week, around about the same time
Antonymes	away, beyond	exactly, precisely
Erreurs fréquentes	Confusing 'about' with 'around' in certain contexts., Using 'about' when 'regarding' would be more formal., Using 'about' in place of 'approximately' for numerical values.	Confused with 'around' or 'about' alone., Used in overly formal contexts., 'Around about' not followed by a number for estimates.
Notes d'usage	Use 'about' when discussing topics or subjects. It's versatile in both spoken and written English, but informal expressions may avoid it in academic texts.	Utilisé dans des contextes informels pour indiquer une estimation de temps ou de distance. À éviter dans l'écriture formelle. Used in informal contexts to indicate an estimate of time or distance. Avoid in formal writing.

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Agent Carter › S1 E1

Mr. Jarvis, do you think you could bring the car around? Oh, in about 20 seconds.

between the old man and his son around about, uh, 7:00 that night?

Agent Carter › S1 E1

Mr. Jarvis, do you think you could bring the car around? Oh, in about 20 seconds.

between the old man and his son around about, uh, 7:00 that night?

Around about

Questions fréquentes : About vs Around about

Quelle est la différence entre About et Around about ?

About: Concerning or in relation to something. Around about: Approximately or roughly.

Lequel est le plus courant : About et Around about ?

About est le plus courant dans l'anglais de tous les jours.

Peux-tu montrer un exemple de chacun ?

About: I read a book about nature. Around about: The meeting will start at around about 3 PM.

Puis-je utiliser About et Around about de façon interchangeable ?

Pas toujours. About et Around about sont proches et se recoupent parfois, mais elles diffèrent par le registre, la fréquence et l'usage, donc remplacer l'une par l'autre peut changer le sens ou le ton. Regarde les différences ci-dessus avant de substituer.