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
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?
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
Is there a symbol used with AD and BC to mean possible date? The Oxford English Dictionary prepends the letter c to indicate an approximate year: c 1400 ( ? c 1380) Pearl a quotation from a manuscript of around (= circa) 1400 preserving a text probably composed around 1380 (The symbol preceding a date indicates that this is a date of composition, not a manuscript date ) This is also used in the Middle English Dictionary, for example