2023-11-15 11:52:10
The adjective earringwhen it means ‘attentive, concerned’, is constructed with the preposition of y no con a.
However, it is common to find this term in the media with the erroneous preposition: “The intrepid detective is attentive to every step they are taking”, “Citizens are not attentive to salary increases” or “The player was attentive to the celebrities who “They were in their match against Alcaraz.”
According to him Panhispanic dictionary of doubts, it is not appropriate to use the preposition a to introduce the complement of the adjective earring, when this means ‘waiting for something’ or ‘attentive to someone or something’. This confusion may be due to a crossing with the prepositional regime of the adjective attentivesince both have a similar meaning.
Therefore, in the previous examples the correct thing would have been to write “The intrepid detective is aware of every step they are taking”, “Citizens are not aware of salary increases” and “The player was aware of the celebrities who were in his match against Alcaraz.
See also
➤ be attentive to, not be attentive to
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