The differene between phone / call / ring in English

الإثنين فبراير 11, 2013 11:01 pm

The differene between phone / call / ring in English
The differene between phone / call / ring in English

Usage note: phone / call / ring

VERBS
In British English, to phone, to ring and to call are the usual ways of saying to telephone. In North American English the most common word is call,
but phone is also used. Speakers of North American English do not say
ring. Telephone is very formal and is used mainly in British English.

NOUNS
You can use call or phone call (more formal) in both British English and North American English:

Were there any phone calls for me?
How do I make a local call?

The idiom give somebody a call is also common:
I’ll give you a call tonight. In informal British English you could also say: I’ll give you a ring tonight