The word "attach" is a correct and usable word in written English. It can be used as a verb when referring to things such as documents, pictures, or other objects being attached to a different object or document. For example, "I attached the file to the email I sent earlier.".
While the practice has mainly been restricted to finishing off performances of actors who died midway through filming – such as Paul Walker in Fast and Furious 7 – it has also been utilised by advertisers, keen to attach famous faces to their brands.
Attach a piece of elastic or string at each hole, adjusting it to fit the wearer Show us your Dollys and Jacks – we'd love to see pictures of what they get up to.
Long after phrenology was widely discredited, Aboriginal skulls were still sought and displayed with the same benign sentiment that one might attach to animal remains.
It could have chosen to attach probes to the North American end of the cables and documents shown to the Guardian by Edward Snowden suggest that key elements of the Tempora filtering process were designed by the NSA.
Gaffer tape can be used in a myriad of situations, like making double-sided tape to attach last-minute signage or de-marking step edges (provided the colours contrast).
The dentist, it turned out, had decided to give her a full set of crowns – false teeth that attach to the plugs left behind after you've filed down the natural tooth.
Because Gabi is married to a gangster (Mads Mikkelsen), Charlie finds himself entangled with Romanian mobsters whose preferred method of punishment is to attach enemies to one another with superglue that rips off their skin if they try to unstick themselves.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com