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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
divert/call away
Hello,
Can I use "call away" instead of "divert" in this sentence: "In case of emergency, staff will be diverted from less urgent tasks to help." This is not a self-made sentence. I found it in Macmillan Dictionary. Is the use of "call away" in such context considered unnatural?
Thank you
Can I use "call away" instead of "divert" in this sentence: "In case of emergency, staff will be diverted from less urgent tasks to help." This is not a self-made sentence. I found it in Macmillan Dictionary. Is the use of "call away" in such context considered unnatural?
Thank you
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It's not unnatural, just less formal and less precise.
- It's not unnatural, just less formal and less precise.
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This is probably a silly question, but what do you mean by "less precise"?:) They both mean "stop doing something in order to do something else that is probably more important).
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"Divert" is used for allocating resources (like employees' time). "Call away" has more meanings, it could mean resources, or an emergency, or for a personal conversation, etc.
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