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Srdjan is on a distinguished road
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caio,

I am slightly confused about which verb to use in a sentence as:


Within this analysis, a special attention is paid or laid on the ...bla bla
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Old 11-Aug-2005, 19:54
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I'm not sure about "laid on", but I guess with "paid" u should always use "to":
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Old 11-Aug-2005, 19:57
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BTW it's "ciao" not "caio"-no hard feelings, maybe you've just mistyped it
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