the three forms 'about', 'about' It is 'there are about' are often the result of doubts when writing a text or when you are face to face with a question of proof, therefore, better understand what are its correct ways of use according to the cultural norm standard. They are prepositional phrases and differ in their meaning in each of the forms and contexts used, understand better from the examples of each one below:
'About' is used when its meaning refers to what is said about or about something or someone, see the examples of its use below:
we will discuss about social problems.
About On this subject, we still have a lot to talk about.
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already the shape 'about' means approximately, look at the examples:
they found out about 15,000 homeless people.
We are about 2000 kilometers away from the capital.
While 'there are about' relates to time, distances and quantities, meaning that something occurred more or less or approximately at a certain time, see:
By understanding these differences, it is much easier not to make mistakes in your jobs according to the context in which you are inserted, having this rule at your fingertips.
