Do we say "Call to a department or person

[tufguy]

1) Please call to the police department ASAP.

2) Please call the police department ASAP.


Please check. Do we say "Call to a department or person"?

 

[Tarheel]

Use the second example sentence, not the first. For example, I would say, "I'm going to call Bob," not "I am going to call to Bob."

 

[GoesStation]

Do we say "Call to a department or person"?

No. "Call" doesn't take a preposition in this meaning.

 

[Rover_KE]

However, when 'call' is used as a noun, we do need a preposition.

Ivor Rawbottom made an anxious call to his proctologist.

 

[GoesStation]

I preferred his original name.

That was his posh cousin.

 

[jutfrank]

What was his proctologist's name? Emma Royds?