Escort normally takes to when showing a destination. By is not a usual complement after escort, though by can appear separately in passive sentences.
Use escort to for guiding someone somewhere. Escort by is generally not used as a standard active pattern. In passive sentences, by can introduce the person doing the action.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use escort to when guiding someone to a location.
In passive structures, by introduces the person or group doing the escorting.
Use through for movement across a place or process.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Escort by is not a normal active construction.
✕ They escorted by security the actor. ✓ They escorted the actor with security guards.Escort to usually needs a destination.
✕ The guard escorted the guest to. ✓ The guard escorted the guest to the lobby.By does not show where someone is taken.
✕ She escorted him by the office. ✓ She escorted him to the office.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Yes, mainly in passive structures such as was escorted by police.
Yes, if the destination is already understood, but to plus a place is very common.
Escort usually implies accompanying someone personally, while lead to can simply mean direct or guide.
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