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- Is it correct to write the telephone abbreviation as Tel when the . . .
I think it's hard to argue that "Tel" is not correct given that a mobile phone is a telephone The only reason it should even matter to the reader is if calls to mobile phones cost more than calls to landline phones in your country, and even then if you're only providing one number they don't have any choice but to use that number
- Cell phone? Cell? Mobile phone? Whats the correct term?
This term distinguishes the device in a bit different dimension; it describes the capabilities as opposed to older handheld devices (smartphones are the devices that combine a microcomputer and a telephone) So, strictly speaking, if you want to be specific to different types of devies you should use different terms in different cases
- Do we hang up a telephone call, or just hang up? [closed]
hang up the telephone hang up the phone These three grammatical examples mean the same thing Originally, it was physically part of the telephone that was hung off a hook which ended the call Of course, it's a bit redundant to actually say the word telephone, as it's usually clear enough what hang up refers to You can't however hang up the
- Call me through at on this number - English Language Usage Stack . . .
@Mohammad: It may be that "through [telephone number]" is more common in the US I'm British, and in general it's a bit "odd" to me I myself would always use "on" for phone numbers To me, "through" works with "my sister", "the office" - because they're intermediaries, but I can't see a simple number as an intermediary –
- Call on or call at or something else? Which is appropriate?
On is the only acceptable preposition here; "call me at my cell" (or in, to, with, etc ) is wrong However, if you are specifying the number, you can use at: You can reach me at (555) 555-5555
- Is phone wrong? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Perhaps because the meaning phone = A speech sound; the smallest unit of sound in speech that can be distinguished from any other such unit (OED's first definition, citation 1866) predates the invention (or at least, the naming) of the telephone (which I'd be inclined to fix at 1876, when various inventors were slugging it out to see who could
- articles - Is it correct to say via a? - English Language Usage . . .
In these examples, the difference is that telephone without an article refers to the modality of telephony—that is, communicating using the telephone system, whereas a telephone refers to the specific object used to communicate In this case, one implies the other—if you communicated using a telephone then you must have communicated using
- phrases - In answering a telephone call, why do you say Who is this . . .
On the telephone, the person answering it may say "Who is calling?" or "Who is this?" Why do you say "this" to the caller on the other end of the phone? Is is wrong to say "Who is that?"
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