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