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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Pay attention vs Spend attention
Hi all!
I wonder if the phrase "Spend attention" is correct. I've heard many people in Germany say "I didn't spend attention". I realized that this is a direct translation from the German language but is this phrase commonly used in English?
Thank you in advance!
I wonder if the phrase "Spend attention" is correct. I've heard many people in Germany say "I didn't spend attention". I realized that this is a direct translation from the German language but is this phrase commonly used in English?
Thank you in advance!
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It's not in my vocabulary.
- It's not in my vocabulary.
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No. We spend time doing things, though: I spent a year in Barstow one week last March.
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Hi,
I'm not native speaker, but speak German as foreign languge, too. And you are right, it is a "mirror" translation like "spending blood" (which is 'giving blood' in normal English
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