attribute . . . as"

[Jonathan Lighter]

With these words I officially stigmatize it.

Good work, Charlie. They'll stop at nothing.

JL

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:

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> One of my least favorite locutions, just encountered in a pretty good
> student's final exam paper: "The poet attributes the stars as having the
> ability to create emotion."
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> That "attribute . . . as" construction (also "attribute . . . with") is
> somewhat common in student writing. Is it "officially" stigmatized anywhere?
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> --Charlie
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