Whose Attention Is This?
Whose attention? is the section of a letter which directs its contents towards one specific individual or party. Typically this section appears between the date and recipient’s mailing address on the outer envelope flap.
Utilizing an attention section is one way of speeding up mail delivery, but it must be utilized properly for maximum effectiveness.
Definition
The word whose is a possessive pronoun used to indicate ownership. It can be applied either to persons or objects; most often people, though. For example: Hayley has cat hair all over her clothes – who owns this dog?” Although some grammar books encourage using “whose” with inanimate objects (such as furniture), some authors consider such usage sloppy writing and do not support its use with them.
Attention can be defined in many different ways, but one general definition would be defined as the focused effort made to perceive stimuli in our surroundings. Attention plays an integral part of mental processing and helps us focus on what matters to us most; additionally it has been proven to improve memory retention and decrease reaction time.
Psychologists have long investigated the nature and function of attention in human brain. Early pioneers include Franciscus Donders who studied mental chronometry and Sigmund Freud who examined dreams.
Over the last century, research on brain processes associated with attention has experienced an exponential increase. A central theme in cognitive psychology known as binding problem states that this occurs when two or more pieces of information become bound together making it harder for our brains to process them separately.
Psychologists have also created models to explain visual attention. These models are based on the idea that our minds process scenes in two stages; first scanning large areas for features before concentrating on specific regions to perform further processing.
People who are passionate about something typically take an active interest in it and may make it a top priority in their lives – for instance, students interested in politics may follow election results closely.
Examples
Assuring someone or something of your presence requires engaging their interest. This may involve making sentences more interesting or using commands to draw their focus; alternatively, making your subject well known or possessing special talents can work too.
At times it can be challenging to determine whether it is correct to use “whose” or “who’s,” especially when an object comes before the word that needs referring. Grammarians and style guides generally prohibit this usage; however, modern writers generally accept using it with inanimate objects so long as they do not directly refer to animals or humans.
One way of choosing the appropriate version of a word is to check its context; if there’s a noun or article following, which should indicate who’s. Otherwise, use whose. When trying to determine who’s excited for the holidays, asking who owns their car or attends parties could provide valuable clues as to their feelings about them.
Another way of determining which form to use is comparing it with similar words. If you are uncertain whether to use “whose or who’s,” compare it with words such as which and that. These don’t have possessive forms like “whose,” so should not be used instead. However, if either word follows directly after a noun then use whose instead. If not then use who’s instead.
Usage
Writing effectively means knowing when and where to use “whose and who’s.” Misusing either word may indicate poor writing abilities; therefore it’s crucial that the distinction be maintained since each has unique functions in sentences.
Typically, when speaking of people or groups of people, “whose” should be used. However, this usage is also acceptable according to Chicago Manual of Style, New York Times Style Manual and Garner’s Modern English Usage.
Whose is the possessive form of who, and should generally be used when followed by nouns or articles. However, its usage can also be used when there’s no object directly following it. In these situations it can be tricky deciding between who’s or whose; to help make an educated choice try saying each word aloud until one sounds more natural to you.
Use “whose” when speaking about people; however, who’s isn’t always necessary when discussing inanimate objects or nouns. There has been much debate regarding when it is acceptable to use “whose”, although according to sources such as Chicago Manual of Style, New England Journal of Medicine and Garner’s Modern English Usage it should be allowed as long as there is some relation between what you are discussing and whom it pertains.
Attention sections can be essential when trying to reach the intended recipient of your letter or package quickly and accurately. For instance, using one can ensure your correspondence reaches its recipient rather than landing in someone’s assistant’s hands or becoming lost in delivery routes. Also useful when sending packages directly, as an attention section can quickly identify who belongs to each package – saving both processing and returning time significantly.
Punctuation
Punctuating sentences properly has an enormous impact on their meaning, so possessing knowledge of all 14 punctuation marks is vital to becoming a competent writer. Punctuation shows where sentences end, when there should be short or long pauses between words, what type of information is added into texts and also helps clarify meaning and avoid ambiguities in texts.
Periods are the most widely used punctuation mark, typically used at the end of declarative sentences to signify question or statement forms of speech. Commas serve many different functions; from listing items together in lists, to denoting singular possession of nouns, fronted adverbials and breaking up two independent clauses as well as omitting words or sentences from text altogether. Semicolons provide extra emphasis while colons clarify meaning and remove ambiguities within text.
Punctuation can be an intricate part of writing that can often be confusing and sometimes challenging. Understanding how punctuation marks work together to convey a specific message can be especially helpful when considering who a sentence is aimed at.
Many are aware of the significance of punctuation; however, few actually adhere to grammar rules when writing. This can especially be found when it comes to instant messaging conversations and informal texts – in 2007, for instance, students at American colleges only used punctuation 39% of the time during text discussions!
Historiographically, punctuation theory and practice has historically been divided between two schools of thought. Elocutionary practitioners in late medieval practice used punctuation to signal pauses to readers when reading aloud, while syntactic writers who emerged during the early seventeenth century used it for clarifying grammatical structure. By the twentieth century however, Systemic Functional Linguistics began reintegrating these ideas to assert that punctuation provides both written and spoken languages with structural support through punctuation as a natural linkage as well as structural functions common across both platforms.
