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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
call upon
Can I say,
I would like to call upon the teachers to be the judges and have a seat.
I would like to call upon the teachers to come down from the staff office.
I would like to call upon the teachers to be the judges and have a seat.
I would like to call upon the teachers to come down from the staff office.
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Usually, if you "call upon" a person or group of people, you are asking them for their assistance or support. So, whilst you may "call upon teachers to be judges", it is unlikely that you would "call upon the teachers to come down from the staff office", unless perhaps they were staging some kind of protest and had locked themselves in it. ", or "call upon the people of the country", or "call upon the Transport minister...
- Usually, if you "call upon" a person or group of people, you are asking them for their assistance or support.
- So, whilst you may "call upon teachers to be judges", it is unlikely that you would "call upon the teachers to come down from the staff office", unless perhaps they were staging some kind of protest and had locked themselves in it.
- ", or "call upon the people of the country", or "call upon the Transport minister...
- ".
- It's not something you would use for people you know, you wouldn't, for example "call upon your friends to go to a party"
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Usually, if you "call upon" a person or group of people, you are asking them for their assistance or support. So, whilst you may "call upon teachers to be judges", it is unlikely that you would "call upon the teachers to come down from the staff office", unless perhaps they were staging some kind of protest and had locked themselves in it.
It's quite a formal expression as well and mos
It's quite a formal expression as well and mos
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