blame

blame verb.

1. Two constructions are now standard: to blame someone for something and to blame something on someone. Gowers (1965) described the second as a needless variant, but such strictures are futile in the face of incontrovertible evidence of usage. Examples:

• I blame women for acquiescing to a system that requires dependence and compliance —Mothering Magazine, AmE 2003

• Telewest blamed a large part of the loss on foreign exchange fluctuations —The Register, 2004

• Not all the problems can be blamed on Philip —history website, BrE 2005.

2. The derivative in -able retains the final e: blameable.