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Petusek Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

sorting by/according to

Hello,

Judging from Google search results, sorting by X seems to be a lot more frequent than sorting according to X.

Do the two prepositions really have the same meaning? Do the different statistical results reflect different style/register/variety?

Many thanks for any comments!

P.
  

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Hi, Judging from Google search results, sorting by X seems to be a lot more frequent than sorting according to X . Do the two prepositions really have the same meaning? Do the different statistical results reflect different style/register/variety?

— Clive

  • Hi, Judging from Google search results, sorting by X seems to be a lot more frequent than sorting according to X .
  • Do the two prepositions really have the same meaning?
  • Do the different statistical results reflect different style/register/variety?
  • Usually, no difference is intended, but here are a couple of comments on nuances I feel.
  • sorting by X This sounds more precise to me.
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Hi,
Judging from Google search results, sorting by X seems to be a lot more frequent than sorting according to X.

Do the two prepositions really have the same meaning? Do the different statistical results reflect different style/register/variety?

Usually, no difference is intended, but here are a couple of comments on nuances I feel.
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