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- Correct use of circa - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Using circa with an exact, verified set of dates is wrong Recently, I edited a client’s work to correct “the poet John Keats lived c 1795–1821” Recently, I edited a client’s work to correct “the poet John Keats lived c 1795–1821”
- syntactic analysis - Use circa at the end of a sentence - English . . .
The word circa is not typically used in that context The Oxford Dictionary says circa PREPOSITION (often preceding a date) approximately ‘the church was built circa 1860’ The sentence is clumsy in both versions and the use of circa seems pretentious I suggest rewriting the sentence in one of these ways:
- circa vs around - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Circa is Latin, around is English Latin words falute higher than English ones So the decision is yours Are you going to maintain an elevated scholarly tone throughout? Consistency is part of that; once you elevate your prose, readers are more likely to notice when you fail to maintain it than if you're more informal
- Use of circa in relation to time - English Language Usage Stack . . .
The definition of "circa" is generally regarded as "approximately" in relation to dates However, how well can the use of "circa" also be extended to connect a current time? For example, "I go to bed circa midnight " I understand that the word is Latin and substituting its use in English would be highfalutin I'm just curious how well it works
- What does : ca. 1828 mean? ca. before a date? [closed]
ca is an abbreviation from circa meaning around So ca 1828 means around 1828 Share Improve this answer
- circa abbreviation after a period - to capitalize or not
I have never seen circa capitalized – Lambie Commented Aug 26, 2018 at 13:34 2
- word usage - Approximate future date - not circa? - English Language . . .
Obviously we can use "circa" for approximate dates in the past But it doesn't feel correct for use with future approximate dates e g "The release will go into live circa 20th May " It still doesn't feel correct even if we're using years rather than specific dates e g "The new development will be completed circa 2019" Thoughts?
- What word can I say if I want to give approximate number?
Circa (often preceding a date: built circa 1935); Approximately (there are approximately 24 children per classroom); Around (software costs would be around $1,500); About (reduced by about 5 percent); Roughly (this is a walk of roughly 13 miles); Something like (there were something like fifty applications);
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