Form a circle line? (Verb)












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Let's say a primary school teacher is going to tell a story. But before she starts, she is asking her students to:




form a circle line surrounding her (like this one in the picture)




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What is a better way of saying it? I think there's a fixed phrase for it, but I can't get the correct word out.






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    The circle isn't surrounding the teacher. She's just asking them to form a circle that includes her (on the periphery, same as everyone else except the 3/4 people in the foreground, who are sitting outside the circle). Personally, I wouldn't include the word line, but maybe that's just me.

    – FumbleFingers
    3 hours ago


















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Let's say a primary school teacher is going to tell a story. But before she starts, she is asking her students to:




form a circle line surrounding her (like this one in the picture)




enter image description here



What is a better way of saying it? I think there's a fixed phrase for it, but I can't get the correct word out.






word-choice phrases







share|improve this question




















  • 2





    The circle isn't surrounding the teacher. She's just asking them to form a circle that includes her (on the periphery, same as everyone else except the 3/4 people in the foreground, who are sitting outside the circle). Personally, I wouldn't include the word line, but maybe that's just me.

    – FumbleFingers
    3 hours ago
















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Let's say a primary school teacher is going to tell a story. But before she starts, she is asking her students to:




form a circle line surrounding her (like this one in the picture)




enter image description here



What is a better way of saying it? I think there's a fixed phrase for it, but I can't get the correct word out.






word-choice phrases







share|improve this question
















Let's say a primary school teacher is going to tell a story. But before she starts, she is asking her students to:




form a circle line surrounding her (like this one in the picture)




enter image description here



What is a better way of saying it? I think there's a fixed phrase for it, but I can't get the correct word out.






word-choice phrases




word-choice phrases






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  • 2





    The circle isn't surrounding the teacher. She's just asking them to form a circle that includes her (on the periphery, same as everyone else except the 3/4 people in the foreground, who are sitting outside the circle). Personally, I wouldn't include the word line, but maybe that's just me.

    – FumbleFingers
    3 hours ago
















  • 2





    The circle isn't surrounding the teacher. She's just asking them to form a circle that includes her (on the periphery, same as everyone else except the 3/4 people in the foreground, who are sitting outside the circle). Personally, I wouldn't include the word line, but maybe that's just me.

    – FumbleFingers
    3 hours ago










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The circle isn't surrounding the teacher. She's just asking them to form a circle that includes her (on the periphery, same as everyone else except the 3/4 people in the foreground, who are sitting outside the circle). Personally, I wouldn't include the word line, but maybe that's just me.

– FumbleFingers
3 hours ago







The circle isn't surrounding the teacher. She's just asking them to form a circle that includes her (on the periphery, same as everyone else except the 3/4 people in the foreground, who are sitting outside the circle). Personally, I wouldn't include the word line, but maybe that's just me.

– FumbleFingers
3 hours ago












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Combining "circle" and "line" in this way is contradictory and unidiomatic. The correct way is simply:




Form a circle around me. (When the speaker wants to be in the middle, within the circle.)



Form a circle with me. (When the speaker wants to be one of the people forming the circle.)



Form a circle in the middle of the room. (The speaker may or may not be involved in the circle.)




etc.






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  • Oh this is also excellent.

    – John Arvin
    3 hours ago



















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Form a circle around me.




Forget "line".






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  • Oh I see, I was thinking about that, but I'm not sure, I would be misterpreted as "drawing a circle" or something...

    – John Arvin
    3 hours ago













  • If anything, "a line" might be misinterpreted in that way. But form a circle means "arrange yourselves in a circle"

    – Tᴚoɯɐuo
    3 hours ago











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Combining "circle" and "line" in this way is contradictory and unidiomatic. The correct way is simply:




Form a circle around me. (When the speaker wants to be in the middle, within the circle.)



Form a circle with me. (When the speaker wants to be one of the people forming the circle.)



Form a circle in the middle of the room. (The speaker may or may not be involved in the circle.)




etc.






share|improve this answer


























  • Oh this is also excellent.

    – John Arvin
    3 hours ago
















12














Combining "circle" and "line" in this way is contradictory and unidiomatic. The correct way is simply:




Form a circle around me. (When the speaker wants to be in the middle, within the circle.)



Form a circle with me. (When the speaker wants to be one of the people forming the circle.)



Form a circle in the middle of the room. (The speaker may or may not be involved in the circle.)




etc.






share|improve this answer


























  • Oh this is also excellent.

    – John Arvin
    3 hours ago














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Combining "circle" and "line" in this way is contradictory and unidiomatic. The correct way is simply:




Form a circle around me. (When the speaker wants to be in the middle, within the circle.)



Form a circle with me. (When the speaker wants to be one of the people forming the circle.)



Form a circle in the middle of the room. (The speaker may or may not be involved in the circle.)




etc.






share|improve this answer















Combining "circle" and "line" in this way is contradictory and unidiomatic. The correct way is simply:




Form a circle around me. (When the speaker wants to be in the middle, within the circle.)



Form a circle with me. (When the speaker wants to be one of the people forming the circle.)



Form a circle in the middle of the room. (The speaker may or may not be involved in the circle.)




etc.







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  • Oh this is also excellent.

    – John Arvin
    3 hours ago



















  • Oh this is also excellent.

    – John Arvin
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Oh this is also excellent.

– John Arvin
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Oh this is also excellent.

– John Arvin
3 hours ago













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Form a circle around me.




Forget "line".






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  • Oh I see, I was thinking about that, but I'm not sure, I would be misterpreted as "drawing a circle" or something...

    – John Arvin
    3 hours ago













  • If anything, "a line" might be misinterpreted in that way. But form a circle means "arrange yourselves in a circle"

    – Tᴚoɯɐuo
    3 hours ago
















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Form a circle around me.




Forget "line".






share|improve this answer
























  • Oh I see, I was thinking about that, but I'm not sure, I would be misterpreted as "drawing a circle" or something...

    – John Arvin
    3 hours ago













  • If anything, "a line" might be misinterpreted in that way. But form a circle means "arrange yourselves in a circle"

    – Tᴚoɯɐuo
    3 hours ago














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Form a circle around me.




Forget "line".






share|improve this answer














Form a circle around me.




Forget "line".







share|improve this answer












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  • Oh I see, I was thinking about that, but I'm not sure, I would be misterpreted as "drawing a circle" or something...

    – John Arvin
    3 hours ago













  • If anything, "a line" might be misinterpreted in that way. But form a circle means "arrange yourselves in a circle"

    – Tᴚoɯɐuo
    3 hours ago



















  • Oh I see, I was thinking about that, but I'm not sure, I would be misterpreted as "drawing a circle" or something...

    – John Arvin
    3 hours ago













  • If anything, "a line" might be misinterpreted in that way. But form a circle means "arrange yourselves in a circle"

    – Tᴚoɯɐuo
    3 hours ago

















Oh I see, I was thinking about that, but I'm not sure, I would be misterpreted as "drawing a circle" or something...

– John Arvin
3 hours ago







Oh I see, I was thinking about that, but I'm not sure, I would be misterpreted as "drawing a circle" or something...

– John Arvin
3 hours ago















If anything, "a line" might be misinterpreted in that way. But form a circle means "arrange yourselves in a circle"

– Tᴚoɯɐuo
3 hours ago





If anything, "a line" might be misinterpreted in that way. But form a circle means "arrange yourselves in a circle"

– Tᴚoɯɐuo
3 hours ago


















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