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Old 30-Nov-2005, 05:08
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Default Re: "owe to" or "refer to"

Thank you for your replies, Hayseed and Dippit!

Actually one of my colleges has said the same- the word attribute would best match the sentence here as it would be more "in English". But still, Hayseed, the test gives only these options.

And as for your reply, Dippit, the word "contribute", I’m sure, is not appropriate here as it means "to make some input into something" and has no meaning of "to be the reason of someone's success". If i'm wrong i would be thankful if you could give me the example with the context where "contribute" would have such meaning.

And I would still wonder about the key difference between “refer to” and “owe to”…. Could anybody explain me?
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