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  1. What are more formal synonyms for "telephone tag"?

    Here is Wikipedia's definition: Phone tag is a phenomenon in which two parties attempt to contact each other by telephone, but neither is able to get a hold of the other for a conversation. Both

  2. telephone - What do you say when you talk over phone but you can't ...

    Nov 8, 2014 · I bought my first phone in my life and I now sometimes get calls from friends and co workers. Sometimes the signal of phone doesn't work well and I can't hear them. What do I say when …

  3. politeness - How should I tell someone "I called you but you didn't ...

    Follow up email: I'm writing to discuss [subject matter]. I tried to reach you by phone last week but I couldn't get through (or, you were unavailable). So I wanted to ask you about [back to subject …

  4. 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 …

  5. Should the number "0" be pronounced "zero" or "oh"?

    Zero is a little bit longer to pronounce, hence the "oh". As an American speaker, I've always heard it pronounced one 'oh' one, though that doesn't make it anymore correct than one zero one or one …

  6. "Training on" or "Training about"? - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    Jul 7, 2014 · "About" and "over" suggest a general course of broad applicability, such as the typical employee would take on use of the phone or fire alarm systems, while "in" suggests a more detailed …

  7. What's the generic word for weekly/monthly etc. service?

    Aug 22, 2017 · Depending on what the service is, sometimes "subscription" is appropriate. For example : "As a platinum service subscriber you will be entitled to monthly product updates and 24/7 …

  8. When to use & instead of "and" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Dec 26, 2012 · There are very, very few acceptable uses of & in proper written English. Here are some of them: & is especially common when joining names to indicate a firm or a partnership, for example, …

  9. Why use the word "copy" in "do you copy that"?

    57 I notice "do you copy that?" is used in movies to ask for confirmation in telephone/interphone conversation. I only know copy means make things duplicated, so why use it in "do you copy that"? …

  10. Should the words "internet" and "web" be capitalized?

    Lots of unnecessary confusion here. The "web" in the example sentence is clearly referring to the World Wide Web, which is a specific technology linking hypertext documents created by Tim Berners-Lee. …