Addressed vs. attended to

English as a Second Language English Teacher Explanations (ESL Tests)
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Test No. [color=blue]incompl/inter-35 “Planning a Business”, question 9

There are certain weaknesses in your plan that need to be … urgently if you are to succeed.

(a) affixed
(b) acquired
(c) addressed
(d) attended

Test No. [color=blue]incompl/inter-35 “Planning a Business”, answer 9

There are certain weaknesses in your plan that need to be addressed urgently if you are to succeed.

Correct answer: (c) addressed

Your answer was: [color=red]incorrect
There are certain weaknesses in your plan that need to be attended urgently if you are to succeed.
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did I miss because the missing “to”?

Attend to? or what?

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Addressed is needed here otherwise you would have to say: attended TO

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Hi Strawberry,

Affix has a quite different meaning. It means stick or attach. Very often you will see on a pre-printed envelope that you have to return to a business or firm: Please affix a stamp. Again you would use the prepostion to if you wanted to say where to stick it - affix the stamp to the envelope.

Alan

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Hi Monika,

Here the verb address means: attend to/deal with/face up to as in:

The local council must address the problem of rubbish piling up in the streets.

Alan

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Hi Alan

Thank you so much