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Common collocations with attribute to in American Collocation

attribute to phrasal verb transitive

US

wrongly

erroneously
falsely
incorrectly
mistakenly
wrongly

Her teachers wrongly attributed her learning difficulties to emotional problems.

correctly

correctly
properly

I had always thought that that particular phrase was properly attributed to Freud.

partly/completely

largely
mainly
partially
partly
wholly

The differences can be partly attributed to the fact that not all state governments monitor waste disposal closely.

often

commonly
generally
often
usually

The original concept of satellite television is often attributed to writer Arthur C. Clarke.

by different people

variously

Vegetation change has been variously attributed to inappropriate grazing and burning regimes, increased atmospheric pollution and climate change.