Use of Preposition ABOUT - Prepositions in English

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Hi there. Welcome to Harry's World of Words and Phrases and English in a
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Minute. Today we're looking at prepositions and the first preposition
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we're going to talk to you about is about talk about about A B O U T and
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how do we use it so first example of it is about an approximation. so what time
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will you be home I'd be home about 10 o'clock
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it doesn't mean exactly at 10 o'clock it could be a little bit before or it could
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be a little bit after so I will be there about 10 o'clock so approximately
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approximation okay then when we use about we can use it when we're giving
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specific information about a subject about a subject so what does this book
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about oh the book is about a boy who gets lost in the forest so we're giving
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you specific information on the subject of the book and then when we're asking
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questions for example you go into an office and you can't see anybody you
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might say is there anybody about what this means is there anybody here that
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can help me okay and in one final example is when we want to make a
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suggestion okay how about going to the movies tonight
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how about having a pizza how about meeting up with our friends so you're
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asking a question but you're also making a suggestion okay so these are ways of
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using the preposition about so as always subscribe to our channel and join us on
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