Type of usage/meaning?
1: He was in good health, with no underlying conditions that attributed to his death.
2: He was in good health, with no underlying conditions that contributed to his death.
3: He was in good health with no underlying conditions contributing to his death.
Are all these ok as written and mean exactly the same thing? In this context of death and causation what is the distinction between attributed and contributed?
Top answer
'attributed' is the wrong word in 1. You would say that his death was attributed to something (weak heart or whatever). Otherwise, 2 and 3 mean the same thing.
- 'attributed' is the wrong word in 1.
- You would say that his death was attributed to something (weak heart or whatever).
- Otherwise, 2 and 3 mean the same thing.
- CJ
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'attributed' is the wrong word in 1. You would say that his death was attributed to something (weak heart or whatever).
Otherwise, 2 and 3 mean the same thing.
CJ
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