[Vocabulary] round as a preposition

[mmasny]

Can I always substitute 'round' for 'around'? As in

I walked around the corner.
I walked round the corner.

PS: It seems I indeliberately copied an example from here. Anyway, I'd like to hear your opinions and more examples. Thanks in advance.

 

[bhaisahab]

Can I always substitute 'round' for 'around'? As in

I walked around the corner.
I walked round the corner.

PS: It seems I indeliberately copied an example from here. Anyway, I'd like to hear your opinions and more examples. Thanks in advance.

If you "walk around" something, you do a complete circuit of it. So strictly speaking you can't "walk around a corner".

 

[mmasny]

So how about walk round?

 

[bhaisahab]

So how about walk round?

"Walk round the corner" is correct.

 

[mmasny]

Thank you. So 'around' means a full circle, and 'round' just a part of it, do I get you right?

 

[TheParser]

Can I always substitute 'round' for 'around'? As in

I walked around the corner.
I walked round the corner.

PS: It seems I indeliberately copied an example from here. Anyway, I'd like to hear your opinions and more examples. Thanks in advance.

***** NOT A TEACHER *****

Good afternoon, mmasny.

(1) I checked Mr. Michael Swan's popular Practical English Usage.

(2) He says that:

(a) British people usually say, "Where do you live?" "Just ROUND the corner."
(b) He then says, "Americans normally use AROUND."

(3) Here in the U. S., people often warn: You never know what is just AROUND the corner. That is, you never know what the future is going to bring you.

Have a nice day!