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Laborious Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

call you back vs call you later

Hi teachers, 

Is there any difference between 'I will call you back' and 'I will call you later', please? 

I see that people just say 'call you back' or 'call you later'. Does it mean 'I will call you later/back'? Or Does it mean 'I call you later/back'? I mean, what is the part that is left out in informal situations? Is it 'I will' or is it just 'I'.

Heartily thanks to all of you.   
  

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Laborious Is there any difference between 'I will call you back' and 'I will call you later', please? g. is busy or needs time to look into something).

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  • Laborious Is there any difference between 'I will call you back' and 'I will call you later', please?
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  • is busy or needs time to look into something).
  • "I'll call you later" is general-purpose.
  • In conversation the contraction "I'll" would normally be used.
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LaboriousIs there any difference between 'I will call you back' and 'I will call you later', please?
"I'll call you back" is specifically used when the speaker cannot answer a caller's question or fully deal with a caller's issue at the present time (e.g. is busy or needs time to look into something). "I'll call you later" is general-purpose. In conversat
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'Back' is used only if the other person has called you first.
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LaboriousHi teachers,
Is there any difference between 'I will call you back' and 'I will call you later', please?
I see that people just say 'call you back' or 'call you later'. Does it mean 'I will call you later/back'? Or Does it mean 'I call you later/back'? I mean, wha
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Seriously, I won't get too hung up on the difference between "I will call you back" and "I will call you later". They both mean " I can't talk right now becasue ......", or " I don't have the answer for you" which in reality means "I can't talk right now, I call you later/I will call you back" which may be just an empty promise either way.

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