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coleopterist
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I stumbled upon this sentence "I accuse myself and others as having been irrational in the way we have been using statistics on a key notion of rationality.":

I accuse myself and others as having been irrational in the way we have been using statistics on a key notion of rationality.

Is there a difference in meaning/usage between "accuse X as" and "accuse X of"? Are they used in different contexts? Intuitively I prefer "accuse X of" every time.

I stumbled upon this sentence "I accuse myself and others as having been irrational in the way we have been using statistics on a key notion of rationality." Is there a difference in meaning/usage between "accuse X as" and "accuse X of"? Are they used in different contexts? Intuitively I prefer "accuse X of" every time.

I stumbled upon this sentence:

I accuse myself and others as having been irrational in the way we have been using statistics on a key notion of rationality.

Is there a difference in meaning/usage between "accuse X as" and "accuse X of"? Are they used in different contexts? Intuitively I prefer "accuse X of" every time.

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"Accuse as" in comparison to "accuse of"

I stumbled upon this sentence "I accuse myself and others as having been irrational in the way we have been using statistics on a key notion of rationality." Is there a difference in meaning/usage between "accuse X as" and "accuse X of"? Are they used in different contexts? Intuitively I prefer "accuse X of" every time.