What is a pollster?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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What do you call a person who carries mike on streets to gather people’s opinion
about something?

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reporter?
journalist?

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Thanks, can u please fine tune my question, i guess my question is not perfectly correct

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We have “wandering reporters” who do that on behalf of media, here in the US. Also, we sometimes run into pollsters who want to understand the general feeling about an issue. Pollsters typically have a set of pre-arranged questions written on a clipboard, rather than a microphone. As you answer their questions, they may check one box or another to accumulate the responses.
If you could describe what you are looking for in a bit more detail, it might help.

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“Pollster”… Wow this is a perfect one, thank you very much sir/madam

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pollster - ‘someone who conducts surveys of public opinion’.
Example: He wouldn’t tell the exit pollster whom he’d voted for.
Synonyms: interviewer, poller, canvasser
Antonyms: interviewee, pollee, respondent
Regards.

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I want to convey a message that is “Yesterday i spoke with my friend, the conversation went long”, i expressed it as follows,
Is it a perfect sentense?

-yesteday i was talking to Sunil long time

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Yesterday I was talking to Sunil for a long time.

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  1. I am not using facebook frequently as others do, Can I say “I am not a big follower of Facebook”
    (Is the word follower, appropirate one?)
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Yes, that’s appropriate as you can be said to ‘follow’ the events on such a site, though ‘I am not a big user of Facebook’ would be clearer.

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Which is the correct sentense?

  1. Please call to my mobile / Please call on my mobile

  2. I can’t make calls from mobile / I cant’t make calls on my mobile

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Please call my mobile (on ).

I can’t make calls from my mobile.

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Please correct the sentences if needed?

*Please give me a ring to my mobile
*Please give me a ring my mobile
*Please dial to my mobile

  1. I dialed a number to reach a person at once he was not at seat and his neighbor
    attended the call, i said to him as follows: “Please tell saurabh that i have called him”
    (Is it a prefect sentence?)

  2. Assume, I am the neighbor attending others call, how to answer in such situations
    (Just to say the intended person is not around)

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Your first statements are all incorrect:
Please ring my mobile.
Please call my mobile.
Please dial my mobile.

  1. ‘Please tell Saurabh that I have called him’ is fine in the situation you describe. ‘Please tell Saurabh that I called him’ is also okay.

  2. I’m sorry but Saurabh isn’t available at the moment.
    I’m sorry but Saurabh can’t take your call at the moment.
    I’m sorry but Saurabh isn’t at his desk right now.

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I want to use effective phrase or idiom for the following contexts

As approach two different departments for my requirement, they throw me here and there (how to express it with phrase or idiom)

(I have used the preposition “for” above, Is it a appropriate one )

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“They pass me from pillar to post” sounds as if it might suit your needs.

When I contact the phone company they tell me the fault lies with my internet provider, but when I contact them, they say they are waiting for the phone company. I feel that I’m just being passed from pillar to post.

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in view of
in the view of
Which is correct? Kindly give me an example sentence. Thanks

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Both are correct.

In view of your responses at interview we would like to offer you the job. (on account of)
In the view of the interview panel, this candidate is best suited to do the job. (in the opinion of)

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Is the following sentence correct? Thanks

Just as it is how your life is important, it is the girls’s

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Hi,

This one is difficult to decipher! Can you rewrite, please.

Alan