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Old 03-Aug-2004, 09:37
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Which is the correct between the two:

Courtesy call TO

or

Courtesy call ON ???

Thank you for your help.
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Old 03-Aug-2004, 17:10
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Which is the correct between the two:

Courtesy call TO

or

Courtesy call ON ???

Thank you for your help.
What's the sentence? :D
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It depends whether you are visiting or phoning.
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Which is the correct between the two:

Courtesy call TO

or

Courtesy call ON ???

Thank you for your help.
There's a courtesy call for a Max on line 1.
There's a courtesy call on line 1.

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For a visit 'on'seems common:
http://thetis.bl.uk/cgi-bin/saraWeb?...ourtesy%20call
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