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Discover LudwigThe phrase "acceptable about" can be used in written English, but it is not a commonly used or grammatically correct phrase.
It is possible that it may be used in certain circumstances to convey informality or a colloquial tone, but it is not typically used in formal or academic writing. Here is an example of how "acceptable about" could be used in a sentence: "The dress code for the event is business casual, so wearing jeans should be acceptable about it."
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There is nothing acceptable about these responses.
admissions officials divide folders into three rough categories: clearly acceptable (about 15 to 20percentt of the pool), clearly not acceptable (about 10percentt) and the large gray middle that absorbs most of their time.
As Jackie MacMullan writes on ESPN.com, there was nothing acceptable about the way the Celtics responded to a chance to advance to the finals at home.
Jamie Oliver gets young people interested in food, but that is the only angle that I will say is acceptable about the Oliver phenomenon.
It works like this: A good travel buzz lasts for the first 90 minutes of a drive; throw in a one-hour nap (for nondrivers) and another hour of playing with various electronic toys, and when the inevitable question arises — "How much longer?" — the answer will be an acceptable "about 30 minutes".
There is nothing acceptable about management taking out their personal fears and insecurities on their workers.
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Gogglebox on a Friday is just about acceptable.
The weight is, I think, just about acceptable at 1.16kg – about the same as a MacBook Air – and compares with the X61T's 1.8kg.
WINE LIST: An acceptable list of about 50 wines, with eight wines by the glass and four by the half bottle.
It downplays socially unacceptable arguments about race in favour of more acceptable arguments about the compatibility of values and cultures.
Our extensive evaluations indicate that SmartLoc improves the location accuracy to be acceptable for about 85%% of the cases in Chicago downtown, compared with about only 75%% using raw GPS data.
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