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Discover LudwigThe phrase "trace it to" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you want to identify the origin or cause of something. Example: "After thorough investigation, we were able to trace it to a software glitch in the system."
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Trace it to its cause, the inhibition of α-glucosidase might be one of its major mechanisms [6, 49].
Food regulators could pinpoint a specific shipment and trace it to its origin because consumer cards provided the exact purchase dates for basil that case-patients could not recall.
I can trace it to that conversation.
"You can trace it to specific decisions, made for specific, logical reasons".
The earliest written records of the disease trace it to 1550 BC.
"I can trace it to a single point: the moment our opening day's figures got out.
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They traced it to its owner, Kenneth Dumas, 25, and arrested him at his home on Prospect Park West in Brooklyn, they said.
He traced it to a visit to Saratoga Springs 20 years ago.
The first scholarly dating, in a 1986 supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, traced it to 1970.
He'd tried to steal Yuko's name and had traced it to Mizuki.
Investigators had traced it to consumption of fresh raw spinach sold in bags.
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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