Communication
demand attention
require notice
If something demands attention, it needs people to notice or focus on it.
Hear it in real life
Why are you checking your phone again?
That message looks urgent and demands my attention.
The broken lift is demanding attention before someone gets hurt.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The problem demands for attention.
Say: The problem demands attention.
Do not add "for" after "demand" in this expression.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
something demands attention; demand someone's attention
Your turn: say it out loud
The broken lift is demanding attention before someone gets hurt.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
demand attention
require notice
“The broken lift is demanding attention before someone gets hurt.”
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