no one answered the call vs no one answer the call

The correct phrase is 'no one answered the call.' The verb 'answered' should be in the past tense to match the subject 'no one.' 'No one answer the call' is incorrect because 'answer' should be in the past tense to agree with the subject.

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no one answered the call

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that nobody responded to the call in the past. The verb 'answered' is in the past tense to match the subject 'no one.'

Examples:

No one answered the call, so I left a voicemail.
Yesterday, no one answered the call from the office.
When I called, no one answered the call.
No one answered the call during the meeting.
The phone rang, but no one answered the call.

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no one answered the call
And no one answered the phone.
Apparently some relatives became concerned when no one answered the telephone there for three weeks.
He called you at home but no one answered the phone.
Dog's owner took the hint and called 911 after no one answered the door this morning.
When no one answered the bell, we went around back and found the patio door open.
My husband at 24 and 'out so to look for her personally, but without result, no one answered the intercom so we stayed all night in the cold.
In the previous shot, when no one answered the phone, she had slammed the phone to the ground and it was shattered with its pieces all over the floor.
According to Dr Baughman, no one answered the questions because there is no study, test, or scientific literature to back up the assertion that ADHD is a disease.
No one answered the door, so I broke in.
Said there was no light in the front room No one answered the door
No one answered the door.
No one answered the door.
No one answered the phone there.
No one answered the door.
We went to every house in the neighborhood, but no one even answered the door.
And no one answered him among all the people.
However, no one has answered the question of how we shall get Syria to change its conduct and how we shall contribute to the democratisation process.
I rang the doorbell, but no one answered... and the door was unlocked, so...
No one answered when I rang the bell, but lights were on inside.
I call him at 10:00 to say good night, and when no one answered at the house, I started to worry and I kept calling every 10 minutes and then Michael's cell.

no one answer the call

This phrase is incorrect in English.

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no one answer the call
They gave me this address, but no one answers the door.
Often he'll stop by a prospect's home, and if no one answers the door, yet a car is in the driveway, he puts a magnet on the car as he leaves.
He knew that no one would answer the bell because he remembered the gardener telling him that he always went over to his sister's place on Friday nights.
Kitty is out doing my bidding, and there was no one available to answer the door.
No one knows the answer to that one.
No one's here to answer the phone.
There are two questions in the Ministry no one knows the answer to.
All these tracks templates have two things in common: They are essential for national security, and no one knows the answer.
All right, if no one knows the answer to this...
Obviously, no one has the answer as to how to modify the WTO.
No one can receive the answer on a theoretical level.
Sadly, no one knows all the answers.
They knock on the door and see if anyone's home and if no one answers, they rob the place.
Efforts to halt the train at Ambalangoda failed because all station personnel were assisting with the train, and no one was available to answer the phone until after the train had departed.
I agree with Mrs Boogerd-Quaak when she said that no-one knows the real answer.
I cut and I cut, but no one had the answer.
In fact, it is not possible to make such an assertion when no one really knows the answers, and when there are others who take a different view.
On the subject of Algeria, Morocco or the Middle East, no-one has the perfect answer'.
Chanel #2, if it's really you, use your special dead telepathy to answer a question no one knows the answer to but me.
If no one gave the correct answer or the time ran out, a letter was found, but the point was not assigned to anyone, as no one could give the answer and the next note was chosen by the competitor who had chosen the previous one.

Alternatives:

no one answers the call
no one will answer the call
no one is answering the call
no one has answered the call
no one had answered the call

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