Round vs. Around
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When the meaning is "around": (adv.) In the U.S., we primarily use "around". The usage of "round" would be recognized as either rural/hick/Southern, or as British.

Samples:

He went around the store.

He went round the store.

Note that both sentences above have two distinct meanings possible:

"He was walking down the street and he avoided the store."

"He was inside the store and walked in various places inside the store."


When the meaning is "round": (adj.) This is an adjective describing the circular nature of a thing. You cannot use "around" in this case.

Sample:

The ball is round.


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Regarding plurals:

"-ed" is pronounced as "t" after "s" only. Note that after "z", it is pronounced as "d".

Missed - /mist/

Whizzed - /wizd/

"-ed" pronounced as "id" after a "k": Only if it's not the past tense of a verb!!!!! Note that many areas still pronounce this as "ed"

Wicked (evil) - /wiked/ or /wikid/

Wicked (past tense of "to wick") - /wikd/

"To wick" means to draw away water. Good absorbent clothing for athletic use will wick away your sweat. This use gives us the word "wick", as in the wick of a candle.

Similar to "wicked (evil)" is "naked".

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Gases: pronounced /gassez/, not /gay-sez/. You rarely change the sound of the underlying noun when making it plural.

Note that "gases" is a plural noun, and "gasses" is a third-person present verb. The verb "to gas" can mean to apply gas (as in anaesthesia) or to fill up with gas (as in filling your car). You cannot switch the spellings.

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Months sounds exactly like month, with an "s" sound added at the end. Not a "z" sound!