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- 03-Dec-2006, 20:17 #1
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all around Would you check my examples please?
The team is very good all around; defense, attack
He has lots of friends and will get something for Christmas all around.
Is "all around" used correctly?Last edited by retro; 03-Dec-2006 at 20:28.
- 03-Dec-2006, 22:31 #2
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Re: all around The team is very good all round; attacking and defending.
He has lots of friends so he will get Christmas presents from all around(him)
- 03-Dec-2006, 23:03 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: all around Sorry. I meant:
Originally Posted by curmudgeon 
He has lots of friends and will give something for Christmas all around.
- 04-Dec-2006, 00:21 #4
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Re: all around He has lots of friends so he will have to give presents to all those around him.
- 04-Dec-2006, 00:48 #5
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: all around Originally Posted by curmudgeon
Isn't my example correct at all? I saw the following:
"He bought drinks all around."
- 04-Dec-2006, 01:17 #6
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Re: all around No, it would be he bought drinks all round.
'Because he has lots of friends he will be giving something for Christmas all round.'
- 04-Dec-2006, 01:18 #7
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Re: all around Originally Posted by retro
It's is understandable but would be unusual.
- 04-Dec-2006, 02:25 #8
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Teacher Re: all around The first sentence is OK except for the punctuation. I would use either a colon or a dash there. Originally Posted by retro
The team is very good all around: defense, attack.
The team is very good all around -- defense, attack.
I would not use "all around" or "all round" for Christmas presents. With drinks, it is a bit of an idiom.
- 04-Dec-2006, 20:41 #9
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: all around Thank you both of you!
- 05-Dec-2006, 08:52 #10
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Teacher Re: all around You're welcome. Originally Posted by retro 
