Timeline for What does 'on' followed after 'call' mean in each sentence?
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| Mar 29, 2019 at 17:34 | vote | accept | Vitaly | ||
| Mar 27, 2019 at 20:06 | comment | added | Vitaly | Andrew, your logical conjectures are something! It is very usefull for certain groups non native speakers. | |
| Mar 27, 2019 at 19:18 | comment | added | Andrew | @Vitaly But all of these are just logical conjecture, and I wouldn't worry about it too much. Most of the time you can get the intended meaning from the context -- as long as you are familiar with the rest of the vocabulary, of course. For example. you wouldn't know about a "call option" unless you read stuff related to the stock market. | |
| Mar 27, 2019 at 19:17 | comment | added | Andrew | @Vitaly Consider "on" also means "activate" as in turn on vs. turn off. This is only marginally related to using "on" as a preposition of location. Most English prepositions serve many different roles depending on the context. To "call on" someone (meaning "visit') is related to the idea of showing up on their doorstep. Meanwhile "call on" a student (meaning "ask them a question") is akin to the idea of picking them by tapping them on the shoulder | |
| Mar 27, 2019 at 18:43 | comment | added | Vitaly | So if 'call on' is a phrasal verb then verb particle 'on' with 'call' has nothing to do with meanings of preposion 'on'? I say it because it is very difficult to remember all phrasal verb meanings without association with the same preposition. | |
| Mar 27, 2019 at 16:28 | history | answered | Andrew | CC BY-SA 4.0 |