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- Correct use of circa - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
E g Circa the Pacific Highway would be incorrect Because "circa" is used to mean approximately in dates and measures, people would naturally use it to mean approximately even outside of dates and measures, partly due to ignorance of the fact that "circa" is used only for dates and measures, and partly out of inconsideration of the rules of usage
- 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?
- 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: I will be able to finish my work by the beginning of August I will be able to
- circa vs around - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Consider this sentence: Who founded the Academy circa around 387 BC? Is "circa" the best word to write, or is it "around"? Or does there exist another word that is more appropriate?
- What does : ca. 1828 mean? ca. before a date? [closed]
1 ca is an abbreviation from circa meaning around So ca 1828 means around 1828
- Is there a symbol used with AD and BC to mean possible date?
The Oxford English Dictionary prepends the letter c to indicate an approximate year: c 1400 ( ? c 1380) Pearl a quotation from a manuscript of around (= circa) 1400 preserving a text probably composed around 1380 (The symbol preceding a date indicates that this is a date of composition, not a manuscript date ) This is also used in the Middle English Dictionary, for example
- 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
- What word can I say if I want to give approximate number?
There are some alternatives, depending on the context, situation and use I provided an example for each of them (taken from the NOAD): 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
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