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Do You Call In, Out, or Off Sick? How Kids Learn Language. Hexaboobiated.

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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Call Out Sick, One Big Time in the Big Picture

The phrase call out sick seems to be most common in new york, new jersey and connecticut. A very small number of people said they say they call off sick, which i had never heard before. Kallof sick does show up in american english books, in google books, but at a rate dramatically lower than even call out sick. It looks like that phrase started showing up in government documents around 19 30.

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