Read the following sentence. No longer working long hours, he turned his (ATTENTION) to what he described as “Philosophical Stud
ies and Amusements.” The multiple-meaning word attention is circled in the sentence. Which of the following definitions of the word is its likeliest meaning in the sentence? * focus watchfulness a posture for soldiers an act of courtesy
In the above sentence, the word ''attention'' is used to communicate focus because it showed a change in interest which is the definition of focus.
The subject in question had been working longer hours but when he stopped, he was able to turn his focus and change his interest towards “Philosophical Studies and Amusements.”
The sentence <em>Sickly people cost the company a whole boatload of dough </em>is not acceptable because the sentence contains a loaded word as well as slang. You cannot use slang words such as <em>boatload </em>or <em>dough </em>in formal English.
