In according to?

I am not 100% sure if it's correct or otherwsie but Google search yielded 2,150,000 for "in accordance to".  From the contexts of articles,  they didn't appear to be written by non-natives. As I mentioned earlier, "to" and "with" are both used.

Following is a few examples:

Beacon of Truth - " Praying in accordance to HIS WILL"

Ruslana wrote:

...they don't make a big difference to me because of Russian, for in the latter we can use the same phrase to translate both "in accordance with" and "according to".

In Russian these do make difference.

The verb 'accord' is transitive, so gerund should be transitive too. If you say 'in according' you must use a direct object 'what and what?', say "According these three opinions took a lot of time" 

I don't think it's necessary to explain why in 'in according' gerund, not present participle is used.

Schetin wrote:

Ruslana wrote: ...they don't make a big difference to me because of Russian, for in the latter we can use the same phrase to translate both "in accordance with" and "according to". In Russian these do make difference. The verb 'accord' is transitive, so gerund should be transitive too. If you say 'in according' you must use a direct object 'what and what?', say "According these three opinions took a lot of time"  I don't think it's necessary to explain why in 'in according' gerund, not present participle is used.

This is my opinion. English spoken between the shores of the Atlantics tends to have a slight difference in usage and meaning but all in all, the grammar rules still applies. Simply, "in according" is bad English. The logical usage with "according" are "according to" or "in accordance with/ to". Some absolutely agianst the usage of "In accordance to", but this is used quite often. I am not a grammarian and I am not going to debate the ligitimacy of this usage. But "according" is an adverbial phrase and has nothing to do with the gerund for, or participle form.

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Schetin wrote:

Goodman wrote: ... but all in all, the grammar rules still applies. Simply, "in according" is bad English. The logical usage with "according" are "according to" or "in accordance with/ to". Some absolutely agianst the usage of "In accordance to", but this is used quite often. I am not a grammarian and I am not going to debate the ligitimacy of this usage. But "according" is an adverbial phrase and has nothing to do with the gerund for, or participle form. Probably, you mix up parts of speech and functions. Whatever function, 'according' is either gerund or present participle. 'According to' is an adverbial phrase, I agree, but you haven't proved it, because you haven't defined whether it's a gerund or a present participle form. "In according" should be gerund because of the preposition 'in' - that's why it can't do the job of an adverb, which present participle can. But then you should get rid of the preposition 'in'. Hence 'according to'. As I have said, it's either you choose 'in' before 'according' and use a direct object afterwards or get rid of 'in' and use 'to'. Goodman, as far as I remember, you are an engineer majoring in electricity or something like that, right? Switch on your logic.

Schetin,

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

I think you are trying to share with us your brand of humor but I am not amused. My logic is always at work. May I return a favor by suggesting that you review the “part of speech”. First. to my knowledge, there is no such usage as “in according”. Secondly, According is not a gerund, nor a present participle; it's an adverb if I am not mistaken.

<<<<Probably, you mix up parts of speech and functions. Whatever function, 'according' is either gerund or present participle. (I don't think so) 'According to' is an adverbial phrase, I agree, but you haven't proved it, because you haven't defined whether it's a gerund or a present participle form. (Did you read my last post? I said it's neither a gerund, nor a present participle9:11:20 PM

"In according" should be gerund because of the preposition 'in' ( Nah! not true) - that's why it can't do the job of an adverb, which present participle can. But then you should get rid of the preposition 'in'. Hence 'according to'.

As I have said, it's either you choose 'in' before 'according' and use a direct object afterwards or get rid of 'in' and use 'to'. (Ok, if you say so, but I never heard of that in my life )

Goodman, as far as I remember, you are an engineer majoring in electricity or something like that, right? Switch on your logic.>>>>>>> (I am afraid the logic I use may present a little difficulty for you to preceive).