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Maria D Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
to call the USA /or/ to call TO the USA
Hello! Could you help me, please?
Which is right:
to call the USA
or
to call TO the USA?
The book gives a sentence with "to call the USA" = to call by phone.
Could you explain why this variant is right? I thought that "to call smt/smb" = "hey, come here!", and "to call TO smt/smb" = to communicate by phone.
Thank you!
Which is right:
to call the USA
or
to call TO the USA?
The book gives a sentence with "to call the USA" = to call by phone.
Could you explain why this variant is right? I thought that "to call smt/smb" = "hey, come here!", and "to call TO smt/smb" = to communicate by phone.
Thank you!
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Maria D to call the USA Good. It used to be difficult to call the US. Maria D to call TO the USA?
- Maria D to call the USA Good.
- It used to be difficult to call the US.
- Maria D to call TO the USA?
- Not good.
- I hear many Russian (Slavic language) speakers making this mistake.
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Maria Dto call the USAGood.
It used to be difficult to call the US.
Maria Dto call TO the USA?Not good. I hear many Russian (Slavic language) speakers making this mistake.
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There is no "to" involved in calling the USA. You could call on the USA to provide some kind of support. When we call by phone, there is no "to."
There is an expression that uses "to." If the President commands the population to defend his/her country, that would be a call to arms. However, that would not be by telephone.
When it comes to calling by telephone, there is no "to."
There is an expression that uses "to." If the President commands the population to defend his/her country, that would be a call to arms. However, that would not be by telephone.
When it comes to calling by telephone, there is no "to."
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