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Discover LudwigThe phrase "assigned about" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey an approximate amount or estimation related to an assignment, but it lacks clarity and proper usage.
Example: "The project was assigned about five hours of work."
Alternatives: "allocated approximately" or "designated around".
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The state police have assigned about 500 troopers to the tournament.
Each mini-school was assigned about 600 students and given its own principals.
He has also assigned about eight additional detectives to a joint federal task force and the department's Firearms Investigation Unit.
Students will need to use available resources to find the data they have been assigned about the planets.
As a result, the Treasury has assigned about £200bn to banks without any control or test of value for money.
In addition, the roughly 280 felony prosecutors in the office will each be assigned about 10 misdemeanor cases.
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He now assigns about a dozen of his 22 staff members to manage his eBay listings of cards, coins and related items.
David M. Yarnold, the executive editor of The Mercury News, said the paper would assign about a dozen reporters and at least one photographer to San Francisco.
In addition to assigning about half a dozen B-2 bombers to the mission, dozens of attack jets were in place, ready to strike with precision-guided bombs.
In the coming months, General Amos said in an interview, the Marine Corps plans to assign about 40 women to 19 battalions of six different types: artillery, tank, assault amphibian, combat engineer, combat assault and low-altitude air defense.
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