Start sentence with: "With respect to...."

It is correct and very common to start a sentence with "With respect to..." or "With regard to...".

Here are the variants. I replaced prepositional clauses with present participle clauses.

Respecting the qualitative prediction, A was better than B.
Regarding the qualitative prediction, A was better than B.
Concerning the qualitative prediction, A was better than B.


Hope that helps a little.

But note that "respecting" is much less used that way than the other two.

Thanks, Jim. How about Touching/Regarding? I found all of them in my grammar book. But I have never heard it in my life.

Thanks!!

Pastel,

I've heard "regarding" quite a lot.
"touching" used as "concerning" or "regarding"? No. Does your book have an example?

Jim

Regaring his plan, I don't know it at all.
=Concerning his plan, ---
=Respecting his plan, ---
=Touching his plan, ---
=As for his plan, ---
With regard to his plan, ---


That's what the grammar book said. (eye-rolling)
And I would avoid making friends with 'touching' because it is just my nodding acquaintance unless you teach me how to use it.

May I speak to California Jim?

Hi. I missed this post somehow.

I never use "touching" in that sense. I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it. It sounds strange to me.

How does this sound ?
Qualitatively speaking; A was better than B.