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What is the difference between Phone someone and Call someone on he phone ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Phone someone and Call someone on he phone ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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It has the same meaning, it's just a choice of words. "Call" is more common.
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Same meaning. If you really care about the difference:
"phone someone" focuses on the action of calling.
"call someone on the phone" slightly focuses more on the method of calling. So you can say "call someone on Skype".
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