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hereinbeijing
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 Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:16 pm Post subject: grammar question; meaning of "undevoted attention" |
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Hello,
What is the meaning of "undevoted attention" in the following sentence?
"You have my undevoted attention." |
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BigWally
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
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Location: Ottawa, CAN (prev. Kaohsiung "the Dirty South")
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| Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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This sentence has no meaning as it is incorrect.
The correct sentence is:
"You have my UNDIVIDED attention."
Which means that you are giving all of your attention to the person to whom you are speaking.
Alternatively, one could also say:
"I will DEVOTE all my attention to you."
Although, this would be an awkward sentence. |
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fluffyhamster
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Location: UK > China > Japan > UK again
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| Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe somebody could say things like 'You have my divided attention' (or even 'You have my undevoted attention'?) as a joke (in order to be ironic)? |
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