The phrase "attention on something" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when directing focus or concentration towards a specific topic or issue.
Example: "We need to put our attention on the upcoming project deadlines to ensure timely completion."
Alternatives: "focus on something" or "concentrate on something".
Focusing attention on something as seemingly insignificant as electric hand dryers suddenly reveals the complexity and chaos of modern life.
"Focussing my eyes and my attention on something different — anything to not anticipate the hit, anything to not anticipate the moment of contact with the ball".
We need to refocus resources and attention on something most Africans do not have: basic malaria education, and prevention with insecticide-treated bed nets.
Then lay down for a catch-up hour, remembering what it was like to fix your whole helpless attention on something uncertain and watch it come out right.
"I don't know if it's so much that they changed their views about the laborers, but they focused their attention on something else," Father Derasmo said.
The phenomenon is so common that researchers even have a name for it: the Hawthorne effect — the fact that simply focusing attention on something, like a school, is enough to cause a temporary uptick in performance.
Burlingame's attention seemed to switch on something in Ward.
"You can't make a difference without getting some attention, and you have to take on something serious and have the research to back it up.
This means that a distraction doesn't need to be as stimulating to divert your attention on to something else.
It's dangerous to have people put their attention on me (something bad will happen).
"One of the execs at the studio told me quite categorically, 'Every woman has an idea of who Mr. Darcy is, and I'm afraid you're just not it.' I was like, 'Fair enough.' I'm obviously not a romantic lead, so I'm not going to focus a lot of my attention on being something that I'm not.
