In this mini English Lesson I want to explain the phrasal verb, "bring about", which can also be expressed as "bring around", or "bring round".
When you hear a native speaker using the phrasal verb bring about, they are usually using the phrase to express a situation where someone or something caused someone or something to adopt an opinion or take a certain course of action.
For example:
"The merger of the two companies brought about many changes."
In this sentence the speaker is saying that when the two companies joined together, the result was that there were many changes to the running of the companies.
Or
"The amount of customer complaints brought the airline around to a new business model."
In this sentence the speaker is expressing the change in the company after listening to customer complaints.
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- On Line English Teacher Dave
- I come from Dublin Ireland, I have a UK honours degree in law, I live near to London in the UK. I have taught English for over 20 years in England, Spain and Germany. I worked for local language schools as well as working for the international chains of Berltiz and Inlingua. My private clients include Commerzbank, Tecis, Banco Santander, Private law offices, Unileiver, Biersdorf and many more!