Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Take on/tend to
Hello,
I would like to have a better approach to the meaning (one of the meanings) of "tend to".
For instance, given the following situation:
You are at work, and your boss come up to you and ask you to switch to another task for a while, because it is quite urgent.
Could be said: "Please, Antony, could you stop doing that and take on this for a while?".
But also: "Please, Antony, could you stop doing that and tend to this for a while?".
Thank you so much in advance.
I would like to have a better approach to the meaning (one of the meanings) of "tend to".
For instance, given the following situation:
You are at work, and your boss come up to you and ask you to switch to another task for a while, because it is quite urgent.
Could be said: "Please, Antony, could you stop doing that and take on this for a while?".
But also: "Please, Antony, could you stop doing that and tend to this for a while?".
Thank you so much in advance.
Top answer
". -- OK. 'Take on' = assume responsibility for doing.
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Could be said: "Please, Antony, could you stop doing that and take on this for a while?". -- OK. 'Take on' = assume responsibility for doing.
But also: "Please, Antony, could you stop doing that and tend to this for a while?".-- OK. 'Tend to' = do what is necessary for.
But also: "Please, Antony, could you stop doing that and tend to this for a while?".-- OK. 'Tend to' = do what is necessary for.
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