attendedupon的法律含义Ihavejustbeensentaformbyasolicitor.Init,Iamasked:Haveyouattendeduponhospitalsinceyouraccident?“Isthissomekindoflegal-speakoramIrightinthinkingthatthephraseattendeduponhasbeenusedincorrectly.Tomyknowledge,“attendupon”meanstoserve,administer,waiton,followorescort.HavetheymadeagrammaticalerrororhaveI??Thankyou.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hi,It’sthekindofformalandarchaicphrasethatsomemembersofthelegalprofessionseemtolike.Itmeans‘tovisit,keepanappointmetwith,oftenonaregularbasis’.Ifyouread19th.century(orearlier)novels,you’llfindsentenceslike‘YesterdayIattendeduponLadyRandolph’,meaningIvisitedher,probablybecauseIhadanobligationtodoso.Thisisfromthefamous17th.centuryDiaryofSamuelPepys.Sotodinner,andthenawaybycoachtotheTemple,andthenforspeedbywaterthencetoWhiteHall,andtheretoourusualattendingtheDukeofYork,anddidattendhim,whereamongotherthingsIdidpresentandlodgemyletter,Bestwishes,Clive