The death was contributed to disease

If you saw it, it was written by illiterates. The word meant is 'attributed'.

That was harsh. :-) The saddest thing is that the expression was used by the reliable sources, books and medical articles.

Michael Jackson's death may be contributed to a powerful sleeping medication which is only administered under the strictest of circumstances.

The National Center for Health Statistics reports that a total of

Lots of illiterates out there, aren't there? Ye gods!

Thank you so much for your help!

True true, there seems to be an error... errr, it is so annoying! Come on guys, we rely on what native English speakers write/say when we study the language.

Mister MicawberIf you saw it, it was written by illiterates. The word meant is 'attributed'.

I agree with you. But in case there are many causes of death, and heart failure is one of them. We can say

The heart failure contributed to his death.

so, why can't we say

His death was contributed by (to?) the heart failur

Intransitive verbs do not form passive voice.

Mister MicawberIntransitive verbs do not form passive voice.

I knew it. But why can contribute be a intransitive verb?

contribute sth to sth :
She contributed articles to the magazine .

contribute to sth : The heart failure contributed to his death.

In the two example above, aren't "articles" and "his death" th

'Articles' is an object; 'death' is not.


contribute sth (to sth): transitive

contribute to sth : intransitive