All 3 Uses of
attribute
in
Ender's Game
- Fairness is a wonderful attribute, Major Anderson.
Chpt 8 (definition 1)attribute = characteristic
- But they did learn what attributes of their writing were seized upon as childish and immature.
Chpt 9 (definition 1) *attributes = characteristics
- To what, commander, do you attribute your remarkable success?
Chpt 11 (definition 2) *attribute = credit (point to as the cause of)
Definitions:
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(1) (attribute as in: It is an attribute of...) a characteristic (of something or someone)
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(2) (attribute as in: I attribute it to...) to credit (a source for something)in two typical senses:
- "I attribute it to her work." -- to say who or what made something happen
- "Remember to attribute any quotations in your paper." -- indicate the source of a quotation or idea