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Muna tigeress Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Is the whole conversation gramatical Please check and correct it

Hello, Is this Sir John speaking?
Yes, speaking
Well its me Muna's sister.I call to inform you that she's not really feeling well today as last night she ate junk food and suffered from food poisning due to which she was continously vomitting like 4-5 times.After that her BP (blood pressure) got low and she fed with drip.Now she has take medicine and taking rest.So she'll not be coming today
  

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Inasmuch as telephone communication can be considered gra mm atical, it is. I have a couple of suggestions: “Hello. ” “Yes.

  • Inasmuch as telephone communication can be considered gra mm atical, it is.
  • I have a couple of suggestions: “Hello.
  • ” “Yes.
  • ” “Well, it’s me—Muna’s sister.
  • I am calling to inform you that she’s not feeling very well today.
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Inasmuch as telephone communication can be considered grammatical, it is. I have a couple of suggestions:

“Hello. Is this Sir John speaking?”
“Yes. Speaking.”
“Well, it’s me—Muna’s sister. I am calling to inform you that she’s not feeling very well today. She ate some junk food last night and suffered food poisoning. Consequently she vomited four to five times. After
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Here are a couple of cultural comments.

If the boss''s name is eg Mr John Smith, we'd say
eg Is this John speaking? informal
eg Is this Mr Smith speaking? formal

Where I liv
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muna tigeressIs this Sir John speaking?
Your use of "Sir" gives the impression that John has been given a title such as a knighthood. See the introduction of the article here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir Is that what you mean? If not, you should not use the word like that.

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