Dalam materi ini, Anda akan belajar bagaimana penggunaan preposition about dalam berbagai cara.
1. Be about something
Digunakan untuk mengatakan apa aspek yang paling mendasar atau penting dari sesuatu.
Contoh:
- Loving is all about giving. (The most important aspect of loving is giving.)
- Communication is all about getting your message across.
2. Be about to do something
Ketika Anda akan melakukan sesuatu, Anda akan segera melakukannya.
Contoh:
- I was about to go to bed when someone knocked on the door.
- She arrived just as I was about to leave for work.
3. Be quick about it
Maksudnya bergegas untuk melakukan sesuatu. Be slow about it artinya lambat dalam melakukan sesuatu.
Contoh:
- Bring me that file and be quick about it.
- Clean up this mess and be quick about it.
- Our lawmakers are discussing the merits and demerits of this project, but they are being very slow about it.
4. Do something / nothing / anything about something
Contoh:
- Are you going to do anything about that letter from the tax people?
- Our lawmakers know that the system isn’t working, but they do nothing about it.
5. While you’re about it
Digunakan ketika menyuruh seseorang untuk melakukan sesuatu pada saat yang sama saat mereka melakukan sesuatu yang lain
Contoh:
- Buy some fish from the market, and you can take these clothes to the laundry while you are about it.
Semoga bermanfaat.