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Old 06-Nov-2009, 16:37
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Default What to use: in respect to, with respect to or in regard to?

Hi. Is there a "rule" of some sort to use:

"in regard to", "in respect to", "with respect to"?

Here's the phrase:

Multiple metrics were selected to assess their C# and Cpp implementations with respect to their coupling, cohesion and size.

What should I use?

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Default Re: What to use: in respect to, with respect to or in regard to?

these are all the same; don't worry.
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