Common Mistakes : Call

verb

.BAD: Last night I tried to call to my father back home in Turkey .GOOD: Last night I tried to call my father back home in Turkey .BAD: Please call to 945 8026 .GOOD: Please call 945 8026

:(call/ring/telephone a person, place or number (WITHOUT to .Call me tonight and we’ll make arrangements for the morning .If you’re sure that it’s been stolen, you’d better call the police

.BAD: If you receive this note, please phone call me .GOOD: If you receive this note, please call/ring me .GOOD: If you receive this note, please give me a call/ring

.(The verb is call/ring/phone/telephone (NOT phone call

:Phone call is a noun .I need to make one or two phone calls

.BAD: Please call me with number 0248 312689 .GOOD: Please call me on 0248 312689

(call sb on a particular number (British English (call sb at a particular number (American English

.’BAD: Koreans call this room as ‘anbang .’GOOD: Koreans call this room ‘anbang .BAD: This process is called as nitrogen fixation .GOOD: This process is called nitrogen fixation

:(call sb/sth + name (WITHOUT as .People call her the Queen of Rock .The big apples are called Red Delicious