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what is that grammar construction - "the development has had attention  paid"?

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

That's not natural the way it's written.

It's a bit more natural to say "The development has had attention paid TO IT."

It's better to say "People/the public/whoever has paid attention to this development.

Anyway, it's present perfect in the passive.

Tolerance · Answer

wait, in a sentence "The development of active types of tourism , which promote the physical health of the population has had attention paid at the highest state level in Switzerland, Germany for a long time."

At first time i made it as follows: "To development of the
active types of tourism as to an element, which promotes the physical and moral
health of the population, attention has been paid on the highest state level in
Switzerland, Germany for a long time."
This is bad for sure..What are my mistakes here?

Another variant of this sentence is: "In Switzerland, Germany the development of active tourism, as an element of physical and moral health of the population, has been promoted at the highest state level for a long time."
This one will be the best one?

I have forgotten how this is formed..not recognizing it today..

CalifJim · Answer

"The development of active types of tourism, which promote the physical health of the population, has ~~had~~ received attention ~~paid~~ at the highest state level in Switzerland and Germany for a long time." OK as rewritten.

... "To the development of the active types of tourism ~~as to an element~~, which promotes the physical and moral health of the population, attention has been paid on the highest state level in Switzerland and Germany for a long time."
This is bad for sure..What are my mistakes here? Oof! It's grammatically correct as rewritten, but let's move on to the next one.

"In Switzerland and Germany the development of active tourism, as an element of the physical and moral health of the population, has been promoted at the highest state level for a long time." Better.

Or, moving a phrase:

In Switzerland and Germany the development of active tourism has been promoted as an element of the physical and moral health of the population at the highest state level for a long time.

Or, if you want to preserve the "attention" part and try slightly different phrases:
In Switzerland and Germany the development of active tourism has long received attention at the highest levels of state as an element of the physical and moral health of the population.

CJ

Tolerance · Answer

Thanks for these valuable sentence variations

So "The development has had attention paid to it" is not an usual Present Perfect Passive?
Instead "The development has been paid attention to it" is according to the grammar?

Could you confirm my understanding of the role of "which" here:
"The development of active types of tourism, which promote the physical health of the population, has received attention at the highest state level in Switzerland and Germany for a long time."
Here "which" relates to "active types of tourism", the noun "promote" confirms that.

and here:
"To the development of the active types of tourism, which promotes the physical and moral health of the population, attention has been paid on the highest state level in Switzerland and Germany for a long time."

Here "which" relates to "To the development", the noun "promotes" confirms that.

What if the sentence is: "To the development of the active type of tourism, which promotes the physical and moral health of the population, attention has been paid on the highest state level in Switzerland and Germany for a long time.?
Here "which" can relate to "the development" and to "the active type of tourism" as well?

BarbaraPA · Answer

Hi tolerance,

toleranceCould you confirm my understanding of the role of "which" here:
"The development of active types of tourism, which promote the physical health of the population, has received attention at the highest state level in Switzerland and Germany for a long time."
Here "which" relates to "active types of tourism", the noun "promote" confirms that.

Which DOES refer to "active types of tourism," but "promote" is a verb, not a noun. The subject is "which" standing in for "active types of tourism."

tolerance and here:
"To the development of the active types of tourism, which promotes the physical and moral health of the population, attention has been paid on the highest state level in Switzerland and Germany for a long time."

Here "which" relates to "To the development", the noun "promotes" confirms that.

This sentence is appallingly complex. We would never say "To the development, attention has been paid."

However, in general, you can say that the singular form of the verb "promotes" would refer to the subject "The development of ..."

toleranceWhat if the sentence is: "To the development of the active type of tourism, which promotes the physical and moral health of the population, attention has been paid on the highest state level in Switzerland and Germany for a long time.?
Here "which" can relate to "the development" and to "the active type of tourism" as well?

Same problem with the structure of the sentence, but you are correct in that you can't tell whether it's the development of the tourism or the tourism that promotes the health... etc.

Tolerance · Answer

Thanks, i appreciate your explanations a lot

It is true, "promote" is a verb, i was too exited with your previous answer, you see a result of that

When saying that the verb "promotes" is in singular form, you really meant singular form of the noun "the development" and the verb "promotes" related to the noun, i believe in that..

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