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Bookmark or Share- "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?Call me on my cell phone. Call me on the walkie-talkie. "At" refers to the destination: Call me at home. (Using my home phone number.) Call me at 800-555-1212. (The number serves as a target or destination.) Of course, "on" and "at" can also have time-based meanings, but that doesn't seem to be what you're asking about.
- Word that includes laptop, tablet, smartphone etcMeanwhile, cell phones, PDAs, Gameboys, and mobile music players (Walkman devices for cassette tapes and then CDs, and finally MP3 players) coalesced into a subcategory of very portable devices dubbed "handhelds," the common characteristic being that you could carry them (and to some extent operate them) in one hand.
- Mobile vs cell vs phone - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeI find it quite remarkable that a device which has only emerged in a globalised age should already have acquired such a range of names. In America it is a cell phone, in Britain a mobile, in France un portable, and in the Far East (Malaysia and Singapore) they talk about their hand phones. The last may also be the case with the Japanese and ...
- Is it right to say "phone was rang"? - English Language & Usage Stack ...In the OP's case, in standard English, it should be “my cell phone rang” and the “phone rang”. It is the device that rings. If someone wanted to make the sentences passive they could write. So after dinner, a phone call was made to tell me… (someone made a phone call.) A call was ignored/missed as Ash lay sleeping soundly. (Ash ...
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