Yoplain  +  266685 Thu, 14 Sep 06 03:52 AM a) What's the difference between 'around the year 2000' and 'in the year 2000'? b) What does 'around the year' alone mean? Can I say 'anytime around the year' or 'all of the time around the year' to mean 'anytime from January to December in the year'? c) what does 'anytime around the clock' mean? Yoplain Joined on Sat, Aug 12 2006 New Member 13 Difference Between

	Grammar Geek  +  266696 Thu, 14 Sep 06 04:24 AM a) near 2000. It may have been 1999, it may have been 2001. Maybe even 1998. Uusually, it's used for something further back in time when you'd be less certain of the exact time. 2000 was pretty recent and it shouldn't be so hard to figure out if it was 2000 or 1999 or 2001. b) You can say "any time of the year" to mean at any point in time. I'm not familiar with "anytime around the year" as a phrase. c) "around the clock" means all the time - 24 hours a day. Or, for 24 straight hours - they danced around the clock. I'm also not familiar with "anytime around the clock" as a phrase. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	nona the brit  +  266852 Thu, 14 Sep 06 12:37 PM b) What does 'around the year' alone mean? Can I say 'anytime around the year' or 'all of the time around the year' to mean 'anytime from January to December in the year'? You are looking for the phrase 'all year round', which means throughout the whole year. For example, this shop is open all year round (Jan to December) while that shop is only open in the summer. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	Grammar Geek  +  266990 Thu, 14 Sep 06 04:30 PM Thanks Nona. I couldn't think of that phrasing! Grammar Geek

	King Of Darkness  +  267155 Thu, 14 Sep 06 08:52 PM just i wanna thanx those who participated in this web about the difference! becuse i was the first one who wanna 2 know about the difference. thanx again and hope to see your contribution arround. King Of Darkness Joined on Wed, Sep 13 2006 New Member 01