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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
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?
circa abbreviation after a period - to capitalize or not Perhaps the problem is in your sentence construction 'Seattle Space Needle at sunset, looking west ca 1970 ' Here you've placed ca after a full-stop and you begin the next part with a small letter Try to write Seattle Space Needle at sunset, looking west, ca 1970
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
Meaning of fl. and seq. - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Currently I am reading a book titled Configurations of culture growth by the American anthropologist Alfred Louis Kroeber Part of his book consists of tables that list eminent people from all fiel
punctuation - What is the abbreviation for century? - English . . . The same style should be used throughout any article " "To indicate around, approximately, or about, the unitalicised abbreviation c is preferred over circa, ca, ca , approximately, or approx , and should be spaced (c 1291)