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Laborious Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

"being or becoming" and "give me a buzz or give me a call"

Hi, 

Is there any difference between these two sentences? If there is, could you please tell me what it is? 

1). Thanks to you for being my friend. 

2). Thanks to you for becoming my friend. 

Also, what all are the prepositions that we could use when we are giving our contact details to someone and telling them to call/contact us. 

For example;  would it be correct to say, "Here're contact details, and you could call me on any of the given numbers"? 

[Could we use some other preposition(s) in place of "on" in the example above?'] 

Once I heard somebody saying "give me a buzz". I tried to figure out the meaning of this expression and I found this 'to give somebody a buzz" means "to give them a call" or "to call them". But, I don't know for sure if this is correct.

Is there any difference between "give me a buzz", "buzz me", "call me", and "give me a call"?  

Thank you all. 
  

Top answer

Laborious Is there any difference between these two sentences? If there is, could you please tell me what it is? 1).

— Mister Micawber

  • Laborious Is there any difference between these two sentences?
  • If there is, could you please tell me what it is?
  • 1).
  • Thanks to you for being my friend.
  • 2).
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LaboriousIs there any difference between these two sentences? If there is, could you please tell me what it is? 1). Thanks to you for being my friend. 2). Thanks to you for becoming my friend.
The first refers to the condition or situation; the second refers to the event.

Here are my contact details. You can call me at any of the gi
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Thank you, Mister Micawber, for you helpful reply!
Mister MicawberThe first refers to the condition or situation; the second refers to the event.
Does this mean that with the "being", we are in a situation where we are ALREADY friends and that with the "becoming", we have become friends very recently or just before my uttering of the sentence.

Let me g
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LaboriousDoes this mean that with the "being", we are in a situation where we are ALREADY friends and that with the "becoming", we have become friends very recently or just before my uttering of the sentence.
That's the general idea, yes.
LaboriousI sent a friend request to someone and the next day, he/she accepted that request. Now I w
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