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    Attitude to / towards

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    Where's the difference? Is there a rule what to use when?
    Authorsurfstar11 Jan 06, 21:43
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    This is partly a difference between AE & BE. "Attitude toward" is almost always safe in the US.

    I hear "attitude to" from UK speakers, but not often from US speakers. I never use "attitude to" myself.
    #1AuthorGeorgeA (US)11 Jan 06, 22:33
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    Attention: In the U.S., attitude is something negative! Just wanted to mention that, because that's a big source of misunderstandings ;-) This seems to be completely unknown in German-speaking countries, not even my Langenscheidts Großes Schulwörterbuch mentions this.

    I don't know whether that is the case for Britain as well, though.
    #2Authorabc11 Jan 06, 23:53
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    Maybe this sounds obvious to native speakers, but for Germans it obviously isn't.
    Here's an anecdote to support my point:

    I once saw an interview with Heidi Klum in an american news show, where she said that for women being successful in business was just a matter of attitude. After the interview, the anchorwoman found it necessary to inform the audience that this was attitude as in "a positive attitude".

    I found that very amusing :-)
    #3Authorabc12 Jan 06, 00:12
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    @abc: I suppose that goes to show that people are so inundated with rap slang that they no longer understand their own language.
    #4AuthorMary (nz/A)12 Jan 06, 00:21
     
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