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I'll be back about midnight
I'll be back around midnight
What's the difference ?
ABOUT MIDNIGHT / around midnight
I'll be back about midnight
I'll be back around midnight
What's the difference ?
ABOUT MIDNIGHT / around midnight
I'll be back around midnight
What's the difference ?
ABOUT MIDNIGHT / around midnight
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"Around midnight" is more commonly used, but they both mean the same thing, "sometime close to midnight."
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@CorneliaAdams
I don't think I heard the expression "I'll be back about midnight"
you can use: around midnight
or by midnight they mean the same thing
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