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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
to call someone away
Hello,
Does the following sentence sound natural to you: "In case of emergency, the more experienced members of the staff will be called away from less urgent tasks to help."?
Thank you
Does the following sentence sound natural to you: "In case of emergency, the more experienced members of the staff will be called away from less urgent tasks to help."?
Thank you
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Not quite. "
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Not quite.
Better is eg "In case of emergency, the more experienced members of the staff will be called to help."
Better is eg "In case of emergency, the more experienced members of the staff will be called to help."
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Thank you, Clive. I am being told off at the moment for using "call away". Is it wrong to say "In case of emergency"? I have used called away, because they will stop doing something in order to do something else. They will be asked/told/ordered to do that. I still can't understand why people overreacted so badly.
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called away from something is a very common and standard phrase. I just deleted it from your example because it seemed obvious that people would help in an emergency.
in case of emergency is a standard phrase, meaning 'if an emergency happens'.
Clive.
in case of emergency is a standard phrase, meaning 'if an emergency happens'.
Clive.
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Here's another example. I get knocked down by a car and someone takes me to hospital. Another person gets shot and an ambulance rushes him to hospital. The most experienced doctor/nurse in the hospital might be called away to help him (let's say he/she is patching me up). Does it make sense?
Thank you, Clive
Thank you, Clive
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