[Grammar] Compound sentence to simple sentence–I called him, but he didn't answer.

[Barman]

I have converted the following compound sentence to a simple one.

1) Compound: I called him, but he didn't answer.

Simple: He didn't answer to my call.

Is it grammatically correct to rewrite the simple sentence as 'I called him without getting any answer'?

 

[emsr2d2]

I have converted the following compound sentence to a simple one.

1) Compound: I called him, but he didn't answer.

Simple: He didn't answer [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] my call.

Is it grammatically correct to rewrite the simple sentence as 'I called him without getting any answer'?

Note my change to your "simple" sentence. Your sentence in bold is grammatically correct but I can't imagine a native speaker ever using it.

 

[Barman]

Note my change to your "simple" sentence.

But if I write 'Answer to the roll call', is it wrong to use appropriate preposition after 'answer'?

Can I recast the simple sentence in # 1 as 'He gave no answer to my call'?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

But if I write 'Answer [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] the roll call', is it wrong to use an appropriate preposition after 'answer'?

It depends on what you're saying. As a sentence, it doesn't make sense. As a phrase in a longer sentence (no capital A), it would.

Can I recast the simple sentence in # 1 as 'He gave no answer to my call'?

It's grammatical and makes sense, but it's not very natural. Better: "He didn't answer my call."

That's what I know.

 

[Barman]

That's what I know.

Then is it correct to write 'The teacher had called his roll, but he didn't answered to the roll call'?

 

[jutfrank]

Then is it correct to write 'The teacher had called his roll, but he didn't answered to the roll call'?

No. For several reasons.

What do you think 'a roll call' is? Are you talking about when a teacher checks attendance at the beginning of the lesson? Is that the Indian way to say it?

What's your main purpose with this thread? Are you asking about when it's permissible to use the preposition to after the verb answer?

 

[Barman]

Are you talking about when a teacher checks attendance at the beginning of the lesson? Is that the Indian way to say it?

Are you asking about when it's permissible to use the preposition to after the verb answer?

Yes.

 

[emsr2d2]

I associate "roll call" with the military. At school in the UK, the teacher takes the register. Even if "roll call" were used as a noun, I find "the teacher had called his roll" very unnatural.

"answer to" is used but not in your context.

It's used in things like the following:

He answers to the name Sam.
I answer to no one.

 

[GoesStation]

Then is it correct to write 'The teacher had called his roll, but he didn't answered to the roll call'?

No. In American English, you could say "The teacher had called the roll, but he didn't answer." Previous context would have to establish who "he" referred to. Note that I removed the last bit of your sentence. It's unnecessary.

 

[Rover_KE]

Barman, please note also that I improved on your thread title, which ended at 'simple sentence'.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'