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Stephenlearner Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Attend, care for, look after , watch a baby

Hi,

When Mom is busy cooking, she asks her three-year-old son to watch her five-month-old baby.

Do you think the word "watch" is the best word for this sentence?
How about "attend", "care for", or "look after"?

I often see a warning "never leave a child unattended". Is 'unattended' closest to 'unwatched' ?

Thank you very much.
  

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Hi, When Mom is busy cooking, she asks her three-year-old son to watch her five-month-old baby. Do you think the word "watch" is the best word for this sentence? Yes.

— Clive

  • Hi, When Mom is busy cooking, she asks her three-year-old son to watch her five-month-old baby.
  • Do you think the word "watch" is the best word for this sentence?
  • Yes.
  • The reader will understand that the3-year-old will call the mother if there is a problem.
  • How about "attend", Quite a formal word, hence its use in the warning below "care for", or "look after"?
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Hi,

When Mom is busy cooking, she asks her three-year-old son to watch her five-month-old baby.

Do you think the word "watch" is the best word for this sentence? Yes. The reader will understand that the3-year-old will call the mother if there is a problem.

How about "attend", Quite a formal word, he
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Hi Steplearner.you can also use -take care of
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hi steplearner... you can use take care but watch is also right,
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'Watch' in this sense is mainly used in AmE.

In the UK we say 'I'm going out for a bit. Mind your sister'.

Rover
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