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Can I say "I will drop you a message or an email later"? Thank you for reply.

Philip · Accepted Answer

These days, I'm hearing "shoot" or "send" an email.

Grammarfreak · Answer

jiangyueming Can I say "I will drop you a message or an email later"? Thank you for reply.

The idiom is; " drop someone a line " meaning write someone a short letter, or something of that effect.

Philip · Answer

grammarfreak jiangyueming Can I say "I will drop you a message or an email later"? Thank you for reply.The idiom is; " drop someone a line " meaning write someone a short letter, or something of that effect.

I believe that is how it is currently used.

Jiangyueming · Answer

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TomJ · Answer

Hi,

I, too, would like to ask a few things If I may, please.

Could we also say "leave" here? For eg; I will leave you a message or an e-mail later. Also, when we use the verb "leave" this way, what prepositions could it be followed by in sentences like I've written below, please?

- I will leave you a message <on or to or at> your cell phone/e-mail ID.

Thank you all.

Effector · Answer

I believe it's "on"

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