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Taka Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

According to

It could be relaxing or irritating, depending on how you feel at the moment.

If the 'depending on' in bold was replaced with 'according to ' as:

It could be relaxing or irritating, according to how you feel at the moment.

would it still sound natural?
  

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Hello Taka, a cheery Sunday to you. I would say possible, but less common. To my mind, "depending on" establishes the causal relation, whereas "according to" simply creates a link: 1.

— MrPedantic

  • Hello Taka, a cheery Sunday to you.
  • I would say possible, but less common.
  • To my mind, "depending on" establishes the causal relation, whereas "according to" simply creates a link: 1.
  • depending on my mood = my mood determines it 2.
  • according to my mood = one mood is linked to X, another to Y I would say that #2 is implicit in #1.
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Hello Taka, a cheery Sunday to you.

I would say possible, but less common.

To my mind, "depending on" establishes the causal relation, whereas "according to" simply creates a link:

1. depending on my mood = my mood determines it

2. according to my mood = one mood is linked to X, another to Y

I would say that #2 is implicit in #1.

All the best,
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Hi, P!
MrPedanticI would say that #2 is implicit in #1.

So you think #1 is comprehensive in its meaning? In other words, the description of #2 is more specific?
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I think #2 is less specific: #2 relates, but #1 causally relates.

All the best,

MrP
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I see. 

Thanks, P!
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