I will call you up first thing in the morning

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Is this sentence correct? If you think it is correct then what actually it means "I will call you up first thing in the morning"?
 

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Where did you see this image? Can you explain what you think it is supposed to mean? Who is that woman? Is this an ad? Or part of a video lesson?

As far as the sentence is concerned, there's no apparent need for the word up. The sentence expresses a simple intention by the speaker to make a phone call to the listener early the next day.
 

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Where did you see this image? Can you explain what you think it is supposed to mean? Who is that woman? Is this an ad? Or part of a video lesson?

As far as the sentence is concerned, there's no apparent need for the word up. The sentence expresses a simple intention by the speaker to make a phone call to the listener early the next day.

It's a part of a YouTube video lesson. This woman was giving some example sentences of Future Indefinite tense. I think she meant that the first thing she would do in the morning is to call someone.
 

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If you think it is correct, then what does [STRIKE]actually it means[/STRIKE] "I will call you up first thing in the morning" mean?


Some BrE speakers use "call up" to mean the same as "call", but only in the context of telephoning someone.
 

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Some BrE speakers use "call up" to mean the same as "call", but only in the context of telephoning someone.
American English speakers do the same.
 

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I use ring you up, but not call you up.
 

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Some BrE speakers use "call up" to mean the same as "call", but only in the context of telephoning someone.

I'm not so sure. I think there's a subtle difference in use between them.
 
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