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- Sep 13, 2007
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- Student or Learner
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- Bulgarian
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- Bulgaria
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- Bulgaria
Dear teachers,
I know that the expression “to call attention” has two meanings in my natural language but at the same time in your natural language “to call attention”” means only “ to call somebody’s attention to something” and “to attract attention” means “to attract somebody’s attention to oneself. e.g.
The guide called the attention of the excursion to the picture that hung in the corner.
Backy Sharp’s beauty attracted everybody’s attention.
Note that the phrase “to draw somebody’s attention” may be used in either of the cases. If it means “to attract somebody’s attention” it is followed by a reflexive pronoun, e.g.
Backy Sharp liked to draw everybody’s attention to herself.
The teacher drew the student’s attention to the fact that the new word ahd a peculiar pronunciation.
Would you be kind enough to comment upon the mentioned above.
Regards.
V.
I know that the expression “to call attention” has two meanings in my natural language but at the same time in your natural language “to call attention”” means only “ to call somebody’s attention to something” and “to attract attention” means “to attract somebody’s attention to oneself. e.g.
The guide called the attention of the excursion to the picture that hung in the corner.
Backy Sharp’s beauty attracted everybody’s attention.
Note that the phrase “to draw somebody’s attention” may be used in either of the cases. If it means “to attract somebody’s attention” it is followed by a reflexive pronoun, e.g.
Backy Sharp liked to draw everybody’s attention to herself.
The teacher drew the student’s attention to the fact that the new word ahd a peculiar pronunciation.
Would you be kind enough to comment upon the mentioned above.
Regards.
V.