Notes on usage: Phone / call / ring

 

BrE = British English | NAmE = North American English

 

*Verbs

In BrE, to phone, to ring, and to call are the usual ways of saying to telephone. In NAmE the most common word is call, but phone is also used. Speakers of NAmE do not say ring. Telephone is very formal and is used mainly in BrE.

 

*Nouns

You can use call or phone call (more formal) in both BrE and NAmE: Were there any phone call for me? | How do I make a local call? The Idiom give sb a call is also common: I’ll give you a call tonight. In informal BrE you could also say: I’ll give you a ring tonight.

 

 

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See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs	Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors	Frequently confused words
Common Clichés	Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings	Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition	Lista de Términos Gramaticales

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