Paid or payed is the past tense of pay depending on the sense of pay. The first sense is the usual one of giving someone money while the second sense is to seal (the deck or seams of a wooden ship) with …

Mar 12, 2019 · "pay out" vs "pay off" In my company we are selling things and expecting to get money from customers by instalments. English is my second language. But I often hear things like "pay out …

Nov 1, 2011 · Usually you either pay attention [to someone/something] or give your attention [to someone]. So in your sentence "give" fits the first slot, and "pay" the second. Word order, …

Why do some verbs combine the "y" and the "e" in the past tense, while others retain "ye"? For example, pay to paid, but flay to flayed? Is there a rule for this change? Any help would be apprec...

ESL Worksheet: Irregular Verbs- Past Participle Choose the correct answer.

Oct 2, 2015 · Yes, it is grammatically correct, and will be understood. However, the more common formulation is " pay attention to me ". " Pay me attention " sounds quite odd, but it is understandable.

In this case, "on time" is the proper choice. More details about the differences: "In time" is used to suggest that I was able to perform an action before another event occurred: I was able to reach you …

The actual usage stats from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) and the British National Corpus (BNC) look as follows: COCA BNC pay especial attention to 0 0 pay special …

Whilst it is difficult to fault 'Attention should be paid that this is a one-way street' as being ungrammatical, it would nonetheless be an unusual, and slightly clumsy way of putting it. If it were me I would say …

Feb 22, 2015 · There seems to be an entire family of expressions involving pay + [form of money] that permit English speakers to use either "pay [form of money]" or "pay in [form of money]." For example: …