When driving you must give your attention to what you are doing
When driving you must give your attention to what you are doing
ATTENTION
Meaning of ATTENTION in English
BAD : Everyone should pay attention to avoiding stressful situations.
GOOD : Everyone should take care to avoid stressful situations.
BAD : Pay attention when refuelling and try not to spill any petrol.
GOOD : Be careful when refuelling and try not to spill any petrol.
When talking about a situation that could be dangerous or harmful, use be careful or take care (NOT pay attention ): ‘When the road surface is wet, drivers should take extra care.’ ‘Be careful to keep all medicines out of the reach of children.’
BAD : People should pay more attention on what they eat.
GOOD : People should pay more attention to what they eat.
pay attention to sb/sth (NOT on/in/at ): ‘This part of the course pays special attention to the spoken language.’
BAD : When driving, you must give your best attention to what you are doing.
GOOD : When driving, you must give your full attention to what you are doing.
full/undivided attention : ‘I assure you that this matter will receive our undivided attention.’
BAD : The attention is a bit slow, but the waiters are always polite.
GOOD : The service is a bit slow, but the waiters are always polite.
service = the help and attention that you get from the people who work in a shop or restaurant: ‘We complained about the poor service.’
BAD : To the attention of: Mrs H. Greaves, Principal.
GOOD : For the attention of: Mrs H. Greaves, Principal.
for the attention of (NOT to/at )
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary. Английский словарь распространенных ошибок Longman. 2012
Еще значения слова и перевод ATTENTION с английского на русский язык в англо-русских словарях и с русского на английский язык в русско-английских словарях.
More meanings of this word and English-Russian, Russian-English translations for the word «ATTENTION» in dictionaries.
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When you’re driving, you should ______________________
When you’re driving, you should ______________________.
(1) pay attention to the road
(2) pay attention to the front
(3) pay attention
(5) look at/to the front
(6) look at/to the road
Which is the most natural and which is the most unnatural?
Also, if there is any other phrase that may fit here better, please let me know.
1 Answer 1
Drivers need to pay attention to a lot of things all at once, such as: the road, the traffic, and their speed, not to mention being on the lookout for pedestrians and potholes.
You can express all this in one of two ways: briefly, or with details.
Briefly, you could say something simple, like:
When you’re driving, you should remain alert.
When you’re driving, you should pay attention.
When you’re driving, you should stay focused.
If you want to provide more details, I’d be careful about using a single phrase such as «to the front» – after all, wouldn’t you want the driver to check their mirrors every now and then? That’s why I think the only way to elaborate a little more is to provide a lengthier list, such as one of these:
pay attention to the road while staying aware of your surroundings.
keep your eyes on the road but remain cognizant of what is going on around you.
look ahead, and remember to employ defensive driving techniques.
ELL is focused on learning English, not driving skills, so I don’t want to delve too much into safe driving practices. But I was careful to sprinkle some idiomatic expressions in this answer that might be useful to the learner.
When driving you must give your attention to what you are doing
@Sonemolus no difference
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