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Put A down to B

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I am wondering which one is the most common.


Put A down to B

I put the children's https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bad https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/behaviour down to the https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fact that they were https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tired.


Ascribe A to B

To what do you ascribe the https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/enormous https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/success of https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/your https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/latest https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/book?


Attribute A to B

Her https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/success can be attributed to three https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/main https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/factor.

Thanks in advance~

  

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pen slide 883 I am wondering which one is the most common. None is all that common in everyday English. ).

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  • pen slide 883 I am wondering which one is the most common.
  • None is all that common in everyday English.
  • ).
  • pen slide 883 I put the children's bad behaviour down to the fact that they were tired .
  • "To put something down to something " is a figure of speech that avoids the more formal "ascribe" and "attribute".
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pen slide 883I am wondering which one is the most common.

None is all that common in everyday English. I would expect "because" (The children were bad because they were tired.), "make" (What made your book such a success?), and "go into" or "contribute" (Three main factors contributed to/went into her success.).

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