Attributed to
Referring to and attributed to are semantically related in from topic. In some cases you can use "Referring to" instead a preposition "Attributed to".
Referring to
Attributed to and referring to are semantically related in from topic. You can use "Attributed to" instead a preposition "Referring to".
Both terms in one sentence
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Many writers are referring to this blurring of the established lines as the post-modernist movement in fiction, as literature and genre as we know it today is commonly attributed to the Modernist movement.
Source: Postmodernism -
Vitriolic Best Buds Shiki and Arihiko never use Honorifics to address each other, but what makes even Shiki's own sister do a Double Take is Shiki's habit of referring to Arihiko by his first name (a habit usually attributed to girls).
Source: Ho Yay / Video Games - Details for non-native speakers: (The) Light Fantastic: English idiom referring to a dance ("trip the light fantastic")note Originally attributed to the John Milton's poem Allegro but here alluding to magical light.
Source: Pun Based Title / Literature
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