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Rule "according to"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	according to
Message:	Did you mean: <suggestion>according to</suggestion>? according to: (as stated/in the opinion of)
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-according-to-synonyms/
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	According about a recent survey, most smokers suffer from cancer. Correction suggestion: According to He was acquitted, because he was innocent according in the Jury. Correction suggestion: according to
Correct sentences for comparison:	According to a recent survey, most smokers suffer from cancer. He was acquitted, because he was innocent according to the Jury. We breathe life into this prized democratic value by according the Chief Justice due process of law. 'According as' is a conjunction (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition). 'Accord with' is a verb, but it is not usually used in the progressive. His system had eleven grades, arranged according "to the degree to which they are infected ..." The manager was according him the greatest of privileges.
ID:	ACCORDING_TO [1]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-25 22:33:08 +0200)

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