round or around?
In British English, round and around are interchangeable in many contexts: She wore a silver chain round [or around] her neck. There was nothing but sand for miles around [or round]. Round is often preferred, however, where circular movement is involved, as in He spun round to face me, and in fixed phrases such as the wrong way round and round and round. In U.S. English around is the usual form, and it may be regarded as an Americanism by some British people. Round and around can sometimes be replaced by about in British English: children running about in the garden. About and around can also be used to mean "approximately": We left at about [or around] midnight.
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