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The correct preposition would actually be round in British English, in American English it would be around, but both are acceptable.
No! No no no no no!
Not acceptable in British English! If for some reason it has become acceptable it is because I have been too soft, too remiss in the fight against lazy writing.

Around. It's a bugbear of mine that I normally don't comment on but verily since you're encouraging it, then that boil has burst so here's the puss! :D

If you go 'round' you become like @MarcelsGoat is often described.
You go 'around' to somebody's gaff.

*Dons mortar board and dusty gown and wanders off muttering bitterly.
 
No! No no no no no!
Not acceptable in British English! If for some reason it has become acceptable it is because I have been too soft, too remiss in the fight against lazy writing.

Around. It's a bugbear of mine that I normally don't comment on but verily since you're encouraging it, then that boil has burst so here's the puss! :D

If you go 'round' you become like @MarcelsGoat is often described.
You go 'around' to somebody's gaff.

*Dons mortar board and dusty gown and wanders off muttering bitterly.
As I say, when used as a preposition in British English it is 'round', but neither of them would be termed as incorrect. It really does not matter if you do not like it.
 
The correct preposition would actually be round in British English, in American English it would be around, but both are acceptable.
No! No no no no no!
Not acceptable in British English! If for some reason it has become acceptable it is because I have been too soft, too remiss in the fight against lazy writing.

Around. It's a bugbear of mine that I normally don't comment on but verily since you're encouraging it, then that boil has burst so here's the puss! :D

If you go 'round' you become like @MarcelsGoat is often described.
You go 'around' to somebody's gaff.

*Dons mortar board and dusty gown and wanders off muttering bitterly.
As I say, when used as a preposition in British English it is 'round', but neither of them would be termed as incorrect. It really does not matter if you do not like it.

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As I say, when used as a preposition in British English it is 'round', but neither of them would be termed as incorrect. It really does not matter if you do not like it.
My dear old cheese - I just did, therefore, my the powers invested in me by logic, you must be wrong.

Honestly though - just because many use the word 'round' wrongly does not mean its use becomes correct. And don't give all that "language is evolving' excuse - that's just accepting defeat in the face of horrible grammar!
 
My dear old cheese - I just did, therefore, my the powers invested in me by logic, you must be wrong.

Honestly though - just because many use the word 'round' wrongly does not mean its use becomes correct. And don't give all that "language is evolving' excuse - that's just accepting defeat in the face of horrible grammar!
Would you be good enough to tell me which body is the supreme authority on British English then please?
 
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