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Introduces a subject, theme, or topic as its grammatical object.
 
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*I don't <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#036;">know</span> much <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#030;">about</span> history (Cf.  Sam Cook, "What a Wonderful World")
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*I don't <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#036;">know</span> much <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#603;">about</span> history,<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[...]<br/> don't <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#036;">know</span> much <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#603;">about</span> the French <span style="font-size:68%;color:#AAA;"><s>(that)</s></span> I took.<br/><br/>  (Cf.  Sam Cook, "What a Wonderful World" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4GLAKEjU4w §§])
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*[...] everyone<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#036;">'s concerned</span> <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#603;">about</span>  Industrial Disease<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[...]<br />On ITV and BBC they <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#036;">talk</span> <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#603;">about</span> the curse<br /><br />(Cf.  Dire Straits, "Industrial Disease" [https://paroles2chansons.lemonde.fr/paroles-dire-straits/paroles-industrial-disease.html §§])
  
 
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=Particle=
 
Used in the same way as ''around''... as a particle indicating non-goal directed activity:
 
Used in the same way as ''around''... as a particle indicating non-goal directed activity:
  
*People were milling about in the public square, waiting for the candidate to speak.
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*People were <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#036;">milling</span> <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#603;">about</span> in the public square, waiting for the candidate to speak.
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*It will take <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#603;">about</span> an hour.
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*It's <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#603;">about</span> 20 ki<u>lo</u>meters from here.
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*That's just <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#603;">about</span> enough!  ''Alors là, vraiment, ça suffit!''
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*Google:  <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#603;">about</span> 17 billion occurrences.
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Latest revision as of 11:30, 18 March 2020

Preposition

Introduces a subject, theme, or topic as its grammatical object.

  • I don't know much about history,
       [...]
    don't know much about the French (that) I took.

    (Cf. Sam Cook, "What a Wonderful World" §§)


  • [...] everyone's concerned about Industrial Disease
       [...]
    On ITV and BBC they talk about the curse

    (Cf. Dire Straits, "Industrial Disease" §§)

Particle

Used in the same way as around... as a particle indicating non-goal directed activity:

  • People were milling about in the public square, waiting for the candidate to speak.

Quantifier-modifier (degree adverb)

  • It will take about an hour.
  • It's about 20 kilometers from here.
  • That's just about enough! Alors là, vraiment, ça suffit!
  • Google: about 17 billion occurrences.