Comments on: Call attention to https://plainenglish.com/expressions/call-attention-to/ Upgrade your English Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:11:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/call-attention-to/#comment-5402 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 16:47:42 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=19364#comment-5402 In reply to Claudio.

In this case, you would say, they can’t “hold your attention.” If something seems interesting at first, but later you get bored, you can say something didn’t hold your attention.

]]> By: Claudio https://plainenglish.com/expressions/call-attention-to/#comment-5393 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 16:58:33 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=19364#comment-5393 I prefer movies over series. Series usually are very long and most of the time don’t get to call my attention.

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/call-attention-to/#comment-5382 Fri, 03 Nov 2023 17:58:25 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=19364#comment-5382 Perfect example. I haven’t seen that yet, but it’s on my list. I have seen a few … and it’s incredible when you see on screen what happens to people when they get hooked on those painkillers … and how the doctors and drug companies all got paid to push them on people.

]]> By: Aline https://plainenglish.com/expressions/call-attention-to/#comment-5363 Fri, 03 Nov 2023 00:41:01 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=19364#comment-5363 The Netflix’s film “Pain Hustlers” called my attention to the opioid epidemic in USA.

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