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To attribute something to being something? Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:53 am  To attribute something to being something?
 

Hi,

On an audio CD I have come across the following sentence and I wonder how common the construction "to attribute something as being something" is:

The personal development industry is so vast today and yet, people around the world attribute the "Strangest Secret" as being the one message that has most positively affected their lives.

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To attribute something to being something? Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:10 am  To attribute something to being something?
 

Hi Torsten,

The example seems to jump a gap. It omits something which my ear at least would want to include along the lines of:
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attribute the "Strangest Secret" to its being /to the fact that it is the one message that has most positively affected their lives.

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To attribute something to being something? Sat Mar 24, 2007 13:50 pm  To attribute something to being something?
 

Hi Torsten

The person was using 'attribute as being' in the same way people might say 'consider as being'. I'd say you would be much more likely to hear the latter.

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