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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:
- 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.
- Last month, the bank's management submitted a detailed plan for making changes in accordance with the review's findings.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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:
- Air pollution is growing worse in Britain, according to the latest set of detailed statistics compiled by the Department of the Environment.
- Our Galaxy contains at least 100 million black holes, according to calculations by a Dutch astrophysicist.
- 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.
- According to Alkenbrecher, Binning's theory is that true creativity is a result of disordered thoughts.
- Each of the 10,000 most common words in English is ranked according to its frequency in everyday use.
- 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:
- Each of the 10,000 most common words in English is ranked in accordance with its frequency in everyday use.
- 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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