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 …

Dec 22, 2009 · Which form is correct? paid or payed??? I'm asking this because I saw the both of them but paid is used more often. Is it wrong to use payed??? (somebody asked me to search on google …

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 …

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, …

May 10, 2017 · If this were a "modern" phrase, you could (perhaps) justify it based on psychological science, related to the usage of energy by brain activity, including putting attention into something. …

Where did the phrase pay a visit come from? Sometimes I hear instances of conversations like I paid a visit to the local cemetery to see my granddad's tombstone/grave or something like that.

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...

Jun 11, 2010 · Is it Payed or Paid, or is only one acceptable?

Jun 28, 2020 · Welcome! I think you are used to using the wrong word. I should hope they express their gratitude even when they pay you. Mere gratitude means you are not getting paid. Perhaps you …