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Silak12 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Relative to and according to?

Hi, everyone.

Could you tell me the difference between the two sentences in terms of meaning?

Everyone will work according to his/her capacity.

Everyone will work relative to his/her capacity.

Thanks.

  

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silak12 Everyone will work according to his/her capacity. This one is easier to understand. In careful writing, "his or her" is preferable to "his/her".

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  • silak12 Everyone will work according to his/her capacity.
  • This one is easier to understand.
  • In careful writing, "his or her" is preferable to "his/her".
  • silak12 Everyone will work relative to his/her capacity.
  • This one might be understood to mean the same, but it is less clear, or not such a good sentence, in my opinion.
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silak12Everyone will work according to his/her capacity.

This one is easier to understand. In careful writing, "his or her" is preferable to "his/her".

silak12Everyone will work relative to his/her capacity.

This one might be understood to mean the same, but it is less clear, or not such a good sentence, in my opin

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