ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: round around

Clive — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:57:53 GMT

Hi,

Both are heard or read, but I prefer 'around'.

You occasionally even see it with an apostrophe, ie 'round the world.

Clive

Re: round around

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:44:32 GMT

My parents are off on a "Round the world tour". My wife asked if it sould be an "Around the world tour".

Any ideas?

Re: round around

Clive — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:33:55 GMT

Hi,

Are the phrasal verbs "run around" and "run round" the same? Here are some comments.

"run around" is much more common in AmE. Refers to movement in a circle or to various indefinite places. Also, pointless or foolish movement. Google gives 4.1 million hits.

"run round" is more a feature of BrE. Refers to movement in a circle or to various indefinite places. For pointless or foolish movement, I believe BrE prefers 'run about'. Google gives only 0.2 million hits.

Best wishes, Clive

round around

hanuman_2000 — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 05:01:42 GMT

Hello,

Are the phrasal verbs "run around" and "run round" the same?