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Yankee  #418556  Fri, 14 Sep 07 03:20 PM
 Schetin wrote:

Yankee,

  1. Sorry it hurts your feelings; It doesn't hurt my feelings at all, Schetin.  It does, however, tend to lessen my respect for you.
  2. You can twist it in a whatever way, the principle is the same, and, I'm afraid , the way you did it proves my POV; I haven't twisted anything.  I've stated a fact.  Sorry, but at this point it seems you are the one doing the twisting.  My goodness! 
  3. If you know why "in accordance with" is correct, you can elaborate another step and understand why "in according to" is wrong.
This is an example of what I was attempting to point out in my last post, but which you don't seem to have understood:

"We take pleasure in according to them the honor of having acted well their part, and contributed their full share in establishing..."

  
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Schetin  #418560  Fri, 14 Sep 07 03:31 PM

OK Yankee, OK

Since you understand what it's about...

  
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Goodman  #418947  Sat, 15 Sep 07 11:42 AM

Schetin,

I am still trying to dial to the right frequency so that we can communicate. I am afraid I have failed because I realize we are not talking in the same wave length. I find your pattern of thought difficult to understand. I once heard this analogy "there is only a thin line between a moron and a wiz". I surely can't tell which one are you. You at times sounded smart but when listened carefully, the words coming out of your mouth proved otherwise. I think you like to talk in riddles to confuse people.   

Would you care to elaborate? <<<Since Americans started their expansion by means of language,  the rule "but don't ask me why" has become nearly universal. >>>

<<<There's a rule and it can be explained. That one thinks an expression sounds fine doesn't mean it is correct. I have explained why  expression "in according" can't have preposition "to" - because it requires a direct object. Because the verb "accord" is transitive. ( I don't know what brand of English you are studying in Russia.  In my 20 years of learning, I've never come across this explanation, Sorry!)You can't just accord, you have to accord [TO] something.

Accordance is a noun and can be used with preposition "with", "on", "of", about, whatever. (Wow! this is new to me)

It's not a matter of lexis - it's grammar.>>>  (Really !!)

  
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