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[puzzle]

Shall I call you a cab?

Is the sentence right? If so, doesn't 'call sb sth' mean 'name sb sth' ?
Please.

[David L.]

There is, "What are they going to call/name their new baby?"

and there is 'call' = ring on the telephone.
"Give me a call sometime" does not mean 'shout out' next time you see me on the street, but ring me up on the telephone sometime.

So, to 'call somebody a cab' means to ring up the cab company and order a taxi.

[puzzle]

I want name you a star.

Is the sentence right? Does it mean "name a star after sb"? Please.

[bhaisahab]

I want name you a star.

Is the sentence right? Does it mean "name a star after sb"? Please.

Try "I want to name a star for you."

[puzzle]

Try "I want to name a star for you."

Does it mean:I want to name a star after your name? Please.

[bhaisahab]

Try "I want to name a star for you."

Does it mean:I want to name a star after your name? Please.

Yes it does, if you want, you could say "I want to name a star after you." instead.

[David L.]

Try "I want to name a star for you."
Hey, bhaisahab, you've just robbed me of immortality.
If puzzle is going to name a star 'for me', he is going to do it on my behalf. Perhaps, as a scientist, I was going to make an official speech to name a new star we had discovered, that we have named Androcos 10, and going to announce the discovery and our name for it to the world. I can't make the ceremony because I am ill, so puzzle is going to make the announcement 'for me'.

Whereas, puzzle wants to name a star 'after me'. - 'DavidL', in the Andromedia Xerxes quadrant of Ursula Minor.

[IvanV]

puzzle, a friendly note:
Try to avoid using 'sb', 'sth', etc. in your writing.

[bhaisahab]

Try "I want to name a star for you."
Hey, bhaisahab, you've just robbed me of immortality.
If puzzle is going to name a star 'for me', he is going to do it on my behalf. Perhaps, as a scientist, I was going to make an official speech to name a new star we had discovered, that we have named Androcos 10, and going to announce the discovery and our name for it to the world. I can't make the ceremony because I am ill, so puzzle is going to make the announcement 'for me'.

Whereas, puzzle wants to name a star 'after me'. - 'DavidL', in the Andromedia Xerxes quadrant of Ursula Minor.

But David, you must have heard, "He is named for his grandfather." for example, to mean "He is named after his grandfather." You, I think, are English and, like me, of a certain age, where the language meant something and was beautiful in it's subtlety.