"To call" vs. "to ring" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

9. The two words are identical in meaning here. The usage of call is obvious, while the usage of ring simply originated from the noise a telephone makes when you call someone. …

Through is only really used combined with "reach me" - so "you can reach me through 0800999999". Not as common in the UK, and it implied that someone else will aswer, but …

Please call me when you have some time. As far as the "to talk" at end goes, that's a tricky one. In one sense, it's almost implied, so you don't really need it: Please call me when …

"well, paint me green and call me a Martian" (from 2004) "paint me green and call me pickle" (from 2009) "paint me green and call me stupid all day" (from 2010) "well, paint …

An epistemic interpretation of May you call me? would be something like "Are you permitted to call me?" Neither of these senses fits well with please, which signals a …

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