Sentence examples for omitting attribution from inspiring English sources

Omitting attribution implies that an author's observation is uniquely his.

Stober and Hoffman, two newspaper reporters, fault the Times story for being "prosecutorial" in tone, for omitting attribution for certain sources cited, and say that readers could be forgiven for "confusing allegation with fact".

And a correction in this space yesterday omitted attribution for a differing account.

The piece also omitted attribution for the suggestion that documents supporting Hiss's innocence were covered up.

The Times was unable to confirm her death independently and, through reporting and editing errors, omitted attribution.

An article on June 25 about a fire at a gas plant in St . Louisomitted attribution for comments from Fire Chief Sherman George and Police Chief Joe Mokwa.

Correction: March 15 , 2002 Friday An obituary last Friday about Leonard Mandel III, publisher emeritus of AutoWeek magazine, omitted attribution for his observation about how some Americans choose cars.

An obituary of the writer Leonard Michaels last Tuesday omitted attribution for a two-paragraph passage describing his male-consciousness-raising novel, "The Men's Club" (Farrar, Straus, 1981).

An article on Aug. 1 about hiking up Mount Roraima, in southeastern Venezuela, omitted attribution for some historical references to 19th-century exploration.

Editors' Note: March 28 , 2002 Thursday An obituary of the golfer Paul Runyan on March 19 omitted attribution for several quotations about his career, obtained from other publications.

An article yesterday about remarks by President Bush opposing the execution of mentally retarded criminals referred incorrectly in some copies to the number of such people executed in Texas since 1976 and omitted attribution for the statistic.