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Angliholic  +  432623 Sat, 20 Oct 07 05:40 AM

I answered calls on a phone made in Finland and spoke to people from two other countries.

 

What does on indicate in the above sample? Could I use with instead of it? Thanks.

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Mister Micawber  +  432900 Sun, 21 Oct 07 03:54 AM

'With' does not sound right at all with 'answered calls'; we usually speak on the telephone-- I have no idea why that particular preposition.

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Angliholic, 2 yr 35 days ago

Thanks, Mister, for your consideration.

Clive  +  433031 Sun, 21 Oct 07 02:26 PM

Hi,

I answered calls on a phone made in Finland and spoke to people from two other countries.

This means that the phone was manufactured in Finland. Is that what you mean? It seems like rather an odd fact to include in this sentence.

Clive

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