However if you are giving a landline and a mobile number it makes sense to specify which is which (tel Would be the normal way to abbreviate them in british english) the meaning of mob In the uk 'phone book' is an informal name for what would be more formally described as 'the telephone directory' However, the much reduced version still issued by british telecom actually calls itself the phone book It contains both residential and business numbers, but there is also a separate classified business directory printed on yellow paper and called the yellow pages in imitation of. Is it considered proper english to say something like this
I called her via a telephone Or should the indefinite article be omitted entirely I called her via telephone I was having a shower when the telephone rang (past continuous for interrupted action) i was in the shower when the telephone rang Why is past simple used in the second sentence?)
The recommended style of presentation of new telephone numbers is based on customer research 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 matter] 2 i was looking for the name of the button on a telephone that you push to hang up On older phones where the receiver sits horizontally over two buttons, i've seen them called plungers. are people familiar with this term
Is the single button also called a plunger? I understand that someone's work phone might have an extension What do you call the main number of that office, which would normally be answered by an operator or a computer voice system However, it is increasingly becoming just a phone, as landlines continue to disappear from households
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