Who is this?

If a phone call starts like this

ring* ring*
Alice: Hello, who was this?
Is Bob Azevedo good? What does Alice look like?
“Alice”: Yes as well as you say”.

I learned to use it for this for objects in close range and that for objects further away. Now in school I learned to use this was after the primary education and all my other materials.

Why do some people use “who’s this” instead of “who are you”? I realize it sounds more polite this way, but can’t help to feel awkward grammatically.

Asked on April 17, 2021 in Other.
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I think this and that are relative to distance. The distance for phone conversations is metaphorical. When you call someone and ask them “this” they say “this” and “this” is the person who you call. If you heard someone in the background talking, it is a weird feeling but it really is not wrong. Is there a voice in the distance going on the other side of the line? What

are some examples of “Assessments”?

Answered on May 4, 2021.
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I think this and that are relative to distance. The distance for phone conversations is metaphorical. When you call someone and ask them “this” they say “this” and “this” is the person who you call. If you heard someone in the background talking, it is a weird feeling but it really is not wrong. Is there a voice in the distance going on the other side of the line? What

are some examples of “Assessments”?

Answered on May 6, 2021.
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I think this and that are relative to distance. The distance for phone conversations is metaphorical. When you call someone and ask them “this” they say “this” and “this” is the person who you call. If you heard someone in the background talking, it is a weird feeling but it really is not wrong. Is there a voice in the distance going on the other side of the line? What

are some examples of “Assessments”?

Answered on May 7, 2021.
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I think this and that are relative to distance. The distance for phone conversations is metaphorical. When you call someone and ask them “this” they say “this” and “this” is the person who you call. If you heard someone in the background talking, it is a weird feeling but it really is not wrong. Is there a voice in the distance going on the other side of the line? What

are some examples of “Assessments”?

Answered on May 7, 2021.
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I think this and that are relative to distance. The distance for phone conversations is metaphorical. When you call someone and ask them “this” they say “this” and “this” is the person who you call. If you heard someone in the background talking, it is a weird feeling but it really is not wrong. Is there a voice in the distance going on the other side of the line? What

are some examples of “Assessments”?

Answered on May 7, 2021.
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I think this and that are relative to distance. The distance for phone conversations is metaphorical. When you call someone and ask them “this” they say “this” and “this” is the person who you call. If you heard someone in the background talking, it is a weird feeling but it really is not wrong. Is there a voice in the distance going on the other side of the line? What

are some examples of “Assessments”?

Answered on April 26, 2021.
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I think this and that are relative to distance. The distance for phone conversations is metaphorical. When you call someone and ask them “this” they say “this” and “this” is the person who you call. If you heard someone in the background talking, it is a weird feeling but it really is not wrong. Is there a voice in the distance going on the other side of the line? What

are some examples of “Assessments”?

Answered on April 27, 2021.
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I think this and that are relative to distance. The distance for phone conversations is metaphorical. When you call someone and ask them “this” they say “this” and “this” is the person who you call. If you heard someone in the background talking, it is a weird feeling but it really is not wrong. Is there a voice in the distance going on the other side of the line? What

are some examples of “Assessments”?

Answered on April 29, 2021.
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I think this and that are relative to distance. The distance for phone conversations is metaphorical. When you call someone and ask them “this” they say “this” and “this” is the person who you call. If you heard someone in the background talking, it is a weird feeling but it really is not wrong. Is there a voice in the distance going on the other side of the line? What

are some examples of “Assessments”?

Answered on May 1, 2021.
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I think this and that are relative to distance. The distance for phone conversations is metaphorical. When you call someone and ask them “this” they say “this” and “this” is the person who you call. If you heard someone in the background talking, it is a weird feeling but it really is not wrong. Is there a voice in the distance going on the other side of the line? What

are some examples of “Assessments”?

Answered on May 1, 2021.
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