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Alex+ Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

stop by & call at

0 What's the difference between02br
001. stop by somewhere02br
002. call at somewhere02br
003. call in at somewhere02br
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00Can we say 02br
00stop by Tom or stop by Tom's (home)02br
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00What's the best way to say02br
00I have to "visit" the drycleaner's today. ( If you leave your house and then return, not on your way somewhere) 0-
  

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0 01b 01font 00"Go to" is very common. 02font 02b 00 0-

— Philip

  • 0 01b 01font 00"Go to" is very common.
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0 01b01font00"Go to" is very common. If you're between one destination and another, probably "stop by" or "stop in at".02font02b00 0-
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0 Thanks, Philip.02br
00'call in at' - British expression, I think it's not used in American English02br
00Can I say 'I stopped by Tom'02br
00or 'I stopped by Tom's'02br
00or 'I stopped by to see Tom' 0-
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0 00'I stopped by Tom's' or 'I stopped by to see Tom' 00 01b01font00Both of these are used in AmE.02font02b00 0-
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0 Thank you very much, Philip for your answer.02br
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00As I understood 'I stopped by Tom' is not correct, is it?02br
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00Maybe somebody else ( who speaks Br.E.) can explain me the difference between02br
001. I stopped by the drycleaner's this morning.02br
002. I called at the drycleaner's this morning.02br
003. I c
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1font00"As I understood 'I stopped by Tom' is not correct, is it?"02font02br
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00Not correct for what you want to say. It would only be correct in a specific situation. For example, if you were in a room and Tom was standing or sitting still, and you were walking past and stopped. You could then say that you stopped by Tom. In that
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