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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Call one's names VS call their names
I found this from someone's lesson plan.
Roll call : Call their names.
Does it just mean call students' names? (Tom, Mary, Clevery etc?)
I ask this question because I know the idiomatic expression of call one's names: insulting someone.
I don't think that will cause a misunderstanding because the context, "roll call" is given.
Roll call : Call their names.
Does it just mean call students' names? (Tom, Mary, Clevery etc?)
I ask this question because I know the idiomatic expression of call one's names: insulting someone.
I don't think that will cause a misunderstanding because the context, "roll call" is given.
Top answer
", means to call the students' names one by one. There would be no misunderstanding as long as you use the right words. There is a difference in structure between the roll call and the insult.
- ", means to call the students' names one by one.
- There would be no misunderstanding as long as you use the right words.
- There is a difference in structure between the roll call and the insult.
- " The roll call uses the possessive form, the insult doesn't.
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Yes, "Call their names.", means to call the students' names one by one. There would be no misunderstanding as long as you use the right words.
There is a difference in structure between the roll call and the insult. When you insult, you "call one/them/him/us/me names." When you call the roll, you "call one's/his/my name" or "call their/our names." The roll call uses the possessive fo
There is a difference in structure between the roll call and the insult. When you insult, you "call one/them/him/us/me names." When you call the roll, you "call one's/his/my name" or "call their/our names." The roll call uses the possessive fo
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