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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
- punctuation - Standard format for phone numbers? - English Language . . .
I've recently noticed a wider variety in how phone numbers are presented, both in print and online, specifically with regard to spacing amp; punctuation Examples: +1 (555) 123 4567 +1 (555) 123
- Call on or call at or something else? Which is appropriate?
Which one of following sentence is correct? You can call me on my cell You can call me at my cell Or is there some other preposition? Or both are right?
- Call me through at on this number - English Language Usage Stack . . .
What is the difference between the following when referring to telephone calls? Please call me on this number You can reach me on this number Please call me at this number You can reach me at
- Cell phone? Cell? Mobile phone? Whats the correct term?
In Australia, it has traditionally been a "mobile" - never a "cell" (unless you are deliberately trying to sound American!) However, it is increasingly becoming just a "phone", as landlines continue to disappear from households The one clarifying term might be "my phone" - this would guarantee it to be a mobile phone, rather than a landline
- Which is the correct usage - the line is breaking off or the line . . .
When you are having a conversation over the phone and the voice keeps getting cut off because of poor signal strength, what is the appropriate term for it?
- 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?"
- vocabulary - Is plunger a familiar word for part of a phone . . .
2 I was looking for the name of the button on a telephone that you push to hang up On older phones where the receiver sits horizontally over two buttons, I've seen them called "plungers " Are people familiar with this term? Is there another term? Is the single button also called a "plunger?"
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