"Call" vs. "Call at" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

They mean different things. I will call your office ... means you will use a telephone. I will call at your office ... means you will show ... EnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforlinguists,etymologists,andseriousEnglishlanguageenthusiasts.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore "Call"vs."Callat" AskQuestion Asked 9years,9monthsago Modified 9years,9monthsago Viewed 12ktimes 2 Consider Iwillcallyourofficesometimeintheevening. vs. Iwillcallatyourofficesometimeintheevening. Whichiscorrect—theversionwith'at',ortheversionwithnopreposition? prepositions Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedNov7,2012at18:52 Marthaª 32.2k1212goldbadges102102silverbadges155155bronzebadges askedNov7,2012at13:20 miraclesmiracles 44166goldbadges1414silverbadges2121bronzebadges Addacomment  |  1Answer 1 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 9 Theymeandifferentthings. Iwillcallyouroffice... meansyouwilluseatelephone. Iwillcallatyouroffice... meansyouwillshowupinperson. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredNov7,2012at13:22 RobustoRobusto 147k3838goldbadges349349silverbadges584584bronzebadges 3 I'veneverheardof"callat"thereentersanewphraseinmyvocabulary! – picakhu Nov7,2012at15:37 Arelatedphraseis"tocomecalling". – RoddyoftheFrozenPeas Nov7,2012at15:39 Call(at)meaningvisitinpersonisabitdated,butusedtobecommonintheUK.TherewasatimewhenaremarklikeIwillcalltomorrowwasactuallyambiguous-somepeoplehadadoptedthemeaningofphonefromacrosstheAtlantic,whileothersstillusedittomeancomeinperson. – ColinFine Nov8,2012at0:48 Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoEnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchange!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. Draftsaved Draftdiscarded Signuporlogin SignupusingGoogle SignupusingFacebook SignupusingEmailandPassword Submit Postasaguest Name Email Required,butnevershown PostYourAnswer Discard Byclicking“PostYourAnswer”,youagreetoourtermsofservice,privacypolicyandcookiepolicy Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedprepositionsoraskyourownquestion. Related 11 "Callon"or"callat"orsomethingelse?Whichisappropriate? 0 ShouldIuse'by'asaprepositionoftimeinpast/futureperfecttensesonly? 0 callon-transorintransitiveverb 0 "Differencein"or"differenceto"? HotNetworkQuestions Isitwrongtoflyonholiday? DoesthereexistsafinitesetofpointsinEuclideanplaneinwhicheverypointhasatleast3pointsinthesamedistance? HowtomakeapersonalwebsiteinLaTeX? ExecutablevsLibraryinBashScript Samplesizecalculation:zort Isitethicallyjustifiabletoconcealafatalconceptualflawinathesistoavoidanunaffordable2-yearsetbackiftheflawistheadvisor'sfault? WhydoesRobinmakeacommentaboutNancyhavingaTomCruiseposter? HowcanIcheckifstringexistsinfile PortingC-stylesockettoCPPclass CanULN2003beapoor-man’smatcheddiodearray? Arepigtesticlesedible? Abookaboutaspacetrader.Startsinagraveyardcityofanancientcivilizationlookingforvaluablerelics.Findsone;isalmostmurdered Howmuchtimeshouldyouspendplanningacommitbeforewritingcode? WhatdoesmachinelearninglearnaboutDFT? LateralApproximantv.s.Lateralconsonant TryingtounderstandBootstrappingw/Python TipsforgolfinginKnight Wheredoestheenergyincoalbondscomefrom? Excel-Lookupexactmatchinonecolumnandexactornexthighermatchinanothercolumn Uncoverpointsofscatterplot WhyisthereacurrentinR1inthisMOSFETcircuit?Isn'titsupposedtobezero? Howtopass1000elo QuestionabouttheThomisticviewofGod'sattributes NowI'veboxedmyABC's morehotquestions Questionfeed SubscribetoRSS Questionfeed TosubscribetothisRSSfeed,copyandpastethisURLintoyourRSSreader. Yourprivacy Byclicking“Acceptallcookies”,youagreeStackExchangecanstorecookiesonyourdeviceanddiscloseinformationinaccordancewithourCookiePolicy. Acceptallcookies Customizesettings