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Copysnake Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
"call" and "call to"
Soon the women, standing by their husbands, began to call to their children, and the children came reluctantly, having to be called four or five times.
what's the difference between "call to" and "call"? in the sentence, first use the call to their children, and then use be called, why?
what's the difference between "call to" and "call"? in the sentence, first use the call to their children, and then use be called, why?
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Strictly: Call = ask to come Call to = communicate over distance However, the writer has been rather liberal in his interpretation.
- Strictly: Call = ask to come Call to = communicate over distance However, the writer has been rather liberal in his interpretation.
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Strictly:
Call = ask to come
Call to = communicate over distance
However, the writer has been rather liberal in his interpretation.
Call = ask to come
Call to = communicate over distance
However, the writer has been rather liberal in his interpretation.
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Hi,
Soon the women, standing by their husbands, began to call to their children, and the children came reluctantly, having to be called four or five times.
what's the difference between "call to" and "call"? in the sentence, first use the call to their children, and then use be called, why?
'call to' means roughly 'communicate'
eg She called to he
Soon the women, standing by their husbands, began to call to their children, and the children came reluctantly, having to be called four or five times.
what's the difference between "call to" and "call"? in the sentence, first use the call to their children, and then use be called, why?
'call to' means roughly 'communicate'
eg She called to he
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