Thank you for "the call" vs "your call" "calling" etc.

Hi, I sent an email to couple of people for general advice on something. I got a call from one of the recipients, and she said I could write ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. Thankyoufor"thecall"vs"yourcall""calling"etc. Threadstarter brighthope Startdate May10,2013 B brighthope SeniorMember Toronto,Canada Japanese Hi, Isentanemailtocoupleofpeopleforgeneraladviceonsomething. Igotacallfromoneoftherecipients,andshesaidIcouldwriteheranother(detailed)emailsothatshecouldhelpme. Inthe(new)emailtoher,Istartedbywriting"Thankyouforthecall,Lisa(amadeupnamehere)." ThenIfeltabitstrangeorsomethingwaswrong...andthoughtmaybe"Thankyouforcalling"wouldsoundmorenatural. Ididagooglesearch(Exactmatch)anditseemed"thanksforthecall"wasgenerallyused. Howeveronthispage(Yahooanswers), http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111110221955AA0TFcG someoneaskedalmosttheexactquestionandtheanswersvaried.Somesaid"itiscorrect(tousethephrase)"andsomesaidanativespeakerwouldsay"Thanksforyourcall." However,asyouknow,Yahoo!answersisnotthebestplaceforthelanguageuse,soIdecidedtoaskhere. Is"Thankyouforthecall"correctandnatural?Maybecorrectbutunnatural? Also,whatwouldbemostnaturalinthiscase? ("Thankyouforthecall""Thankyouforyourcall""Thankyouforcalling") Bytheway,although"Thankyouforcalling"soundsnatural,Ithoughtthefocuswasontheactionofcallinginthiscase,andIpersonallyfeltitdidnotfitthere.IfeltifIused"thecall"itwouldinclude"whatshesaidinthecall"too,andbetterfitthesituation.Imaybeverywrong,andifpossiblepleasetouchonthispointwhenyouanswer. Ialsofoundthisthread. http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2337999 Thetopichereissimilarbutnotquitethesame,thereforeIdecidedtoopenanewthread. Thankyouverymuch.   JustKate SeniorMember Indianapolis,Indiana,USA English-US Allthreeofthosesoundnatural,correctandappropriate.IfIhadtopick,I'dchooseeither"Thankyouforthecall"or"Thankyouforyourcall"becausetheysoundmoreasifyou'rethankingherforthisparticularcall,whichofcourseyouare.Butreally,allthreearefine.   B brighthope SeniorMember Toronto,Canada Japanese ThankyouJustKateforclearingitup!   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top