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tufguy

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1) Please replace current phone number with my new phone number.

2) Send this message "to my phone number" or "on my phone number"?
 

emsr2d2

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1) Please replace current phone number with my new phone number. I have a new phone number. Please update your records to reflect that my current number is [number].

2) Send this message "to my phone number" ✅ or "on my phone number" ❌?

See above. With 2, it's more natural to say "Please text/WhatsApp me on [number]".
 

Tdol

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Using current and new could be a little confusing.
 

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1) Please replace current phone number with my new phone number. OK.

2) Send this message "to my phone number" or "on my phone number"? "to".
 

emsr2d2

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@Yankee - wouldn't you add "my" before "current phone number"?
 

emsr2d2

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Yes, unless the interchange had already established that it was mine.
And if that had already been established, wouldn't you add "the" before it instead? I find "Please replace current phone number" quite unnatural. It sounds like something that might appear in a list of instructions but I can't imagine saying it to anyone.
 
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