Question
1. He called me later.
2. He rang me back.
3. He gave me a ring back.
4. He telephoned me back.
5. He made a phone call to me back.
6. He gave a phone call to me back.
7. He made a call to me back.
8. He made a call for me back.
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(I have wrtten several expressions. Which ones are ungrammatical? Which ones are commonly used? Thank you. Do you have some more useful expressions?)
2. He rang me back.
3. He gave me a ring back.
4. He telephoned me back.
5. He made a phone call to me back.
6. He gave a phone call to me back.
7. He made a call to me back.
8. He made a call for me back.
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(I have wrtten several expressions. Which ones are ungrammatical? Which ones are commonly used? Thank you. Do you have some more useful expressions?)
Answers
Reed
1 through 4 are all just fine. 5-8 are not. They are awkward and would cause your reader or listener to stop and think, "What does he mean?" :) Grammatical or not, they don't work.