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"PAY ATTENTION TO"

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 11:41 am
by darimana
Hi,
Is there a grammatical term that covers phrases such as "pay attention to"?
Thanks.

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:20 am
by Brian
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Darimana

Isn't it just an imperitive?

(Same as 'come in', turn on the light', 'open your books to page 20')

Brian


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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:52 pm
by darimana
thanks for your reply Brian. I should have been clearer - I am actually referrring more to this word patterning. is there a name for this kind of word combination - "pay attention to", "take advantage of" etc (verb+noun+preposition).
Thanks!