[SC总结] [分享]according to VS in accordance with

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In accordance with

This expression emphasises the rule, principle, law etc, which is followed, and which states what should happen. This is shown in the following citations:

1. The Commission insists that these funds must be spent in accordance with all the Community's most sacred environmental principles, to say nothing of its legislation.
   
   
   
2. Last month, the bank's management submitted a detailed plan for making changes in accordance with the review's findings.
   

   
   

3. The court may in accordance with law grant a dissolution of the marriage provided that the court is satisfied that adequate and proper provision will be made for any dependant spouse and for any child.
   

   
   

4. Existing Sidewinders follow a preset path with the help of sets of rigid fins, at the front and back, that alter position in accordance with instructions from an on-board computer.
   

   
   

5. The UN's peace plan rests on Mr Rabbani's willingness to relinquish office next month in accordance with one of the many peace pacts he has concluded
   

   
   

6. If such a question arises for the first time in a lawsuit, the judge will have to decide the meaning in accordance with the recognized rules of interpretation, and his decision will be a binding authority for all future cases in which the same question arises.
   

Immediately we can see why in accordance with is inappropriate in the student's sentence: statistics certainly do not state who should get married!

According to

This expression emphasises the basis for doing something, or for believing something:

7. Air pollution is growing worse in Britain, according to the latest set of detailed statistics compiled by the Department of the Environment.
   

   
   

8. Our Galaxy contains at least 100 million black holes, according to calculations by a Dutch astrophysicist.
   

   
   

9. Most organochlorine pollution in the Baltic is declining, according to a joint study by scientists at Ehime University in Japan and the University of Gdansk in Poland.
   

   
   

10. According to Alkenbrecher, Binning's theory is that true creativity is a result of disordered thoughts.
    

    
    

11. Each of the 10,000 most common words in English is ranked according to its frequency in everyday use.
    

    
    

12. Japanese oil tankers constructed according to a modern design with high-tensile steel have been recalled for emergency repairs to cracks.
    

Notice that there is some overlap between the two expressions: so 11 and 12 could equally as well have been written:

11. Each of the 10,000 most common words in English is ranked in accordance with its frequency in everyday use.
    

    
    

12. Japanese oil tankers constructed in accordance with a modern design with high-tensile steel have been recalled for emergency repairs to cracks.

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谢谢marie mm!

不过，偶想问一下，According to位于句首时，是否有主句的主语的逻辑搭配问题？谢谢！

应该没有.

longman对according to的定义是介词。

介词就不需要逻辑对应吗？不懂的说！介词+分词短语不就要逻辑主语一致吗？！