Difference between ''round'' and ''around''

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Jackson6612  #348205  Sat, 07 Apr 07 09:00 PM

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Round can work as a noun, an adjective, a verb, an adverb and a preposition. Around can work as an adverb or a preposition.

Examples given for each word, when they act as prepositions, are:

around the corner.

round the corner.

Question 1: Please give me an example where around is used as an adverb.

 

Question 2: Is around being used as a preposition in the following sentence?

Phileas Fogg circumnavigated around the world in 80 days.

 

Question 3: Which of the following sentences is more correct to say?

1: Is around being used as a preposition in the following sentence?

2: Is around used as a preposition in the following sentence?

  
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Conchita57  #348237  Sun, 08 Apr 07 12:03 AM
 Jackson6612 wrote:

Question 1: Please give me an example where around is used as an adverb.

1.  In the sense of 'surrounding a place': all around was an expanse of white snow.

2.  Meaning 'in an indefinite place': the newspaper must be somewhere around.

 

Question 2: Is around being used as a preposition in the following sentence?

Phileas Fogg circumnavigated around the world in 80 days.

Yes.

Question 3: Which of the following sentences is more correct to say?

1: Is around being used as a preposition in the following sentence?

2: Is around used as a preposition in the following sentence?

They both seem equally correct to me.

  
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Jackson6612  #348367  Sun, 08 Apr 07 02:45 PM
 Conchita57 wrote:
 Jackson6612 wrote:

Question 1: Please give me an example where around is used as an adverb.

1.  In the sense of 'surrounding a place': all around was an expanse of white snow.

2.  Meaning 'in an indefinite place': the newspaper must be somewhere around.

Round can work as a noun, an adjective, a verb, an adverb and a preposition. Around can work as an adverb or a preposition. Round and around both can be used as adverb and preposition.

Then are the following sentences if round is used instead of around?

1.  In the sense of 'surrounding a place': all round was an expanse of white snow.

2.  Meaning 'in an indefinite place': the newspaper must be somewhere round.

  
Conchita57  #348371  Sun, 08 Apr 07 03:17 PM

'Round' and 'around' as adverbs don't necessarily have the same definitions. 

All round was an expanse of white snow. Yes [Y]

The newspaper must be somewhere round. No [N]

  
Bokeh  #348388  Sun, 08 Apr 07 04:17 PM
 Jackson6612 wrote:

the newspaper must be somewhere round.

In that context round refers to shape. For example a circular table.
  
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Conchita57  #348395  Sun, 08 Apr 07 04:45 PM
 Bokeh wrote:
 Jackson6612 wrote:

the newspaper must be somewhere round.

In that context round refers to shape. For example a circular table.

Do you mean in the context of the newspaper?  Sorry, but I've never seen a round newspaper before. Smile [:)]

  
Bokeh  #348416  Sun, 08 Apr 07 05:18 PM
No!
The newspaper is somewhere round. It's on the round table.
The newspaper is somewhere green. It's on the lawn.
  
Conchita57  #348481  Sun, 08 Apr 07 09:06 PM

 Bokeh wrote:
No!
The newspaper is somewhere round. It's on the round table.
The newspaper is somewhere green. It's on the lawn.

These sentences evoke a game of treasure hunt or something like that!

  
Jackson6612  #350091  Thu, 12 Apr 07 09:20 PM

 Bokeh wrote:
No!
The newspaper is somewhere round. It's on the round table.
The newspaper is somewhere green. It's on the lawn.

The newspaper must be somewhere roundThe newspaper must be somewhere on the round table.

Would you give an explanation for the above equality?

  
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