Wednesday, April 17, 2013

360 degrees/180 degrees: Common Errors in English Usage Entry for Wednesday, April 17, 2013

360 degrees/180 degrees
When you have turned 360 degrees you’ve completed a circle and are back where you started. So if you want to describe a position that’s diametrically opposed to another, the expression you want is not “360 degrees away” but “180 degrees away.”

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