Ratify usually means formally approve an agreement, decision, or treaty. It often appears without a following preposition.
Ratify normally takes a direct object: ratify an agreement. By can introduce the approving body in passive structures. In and on usually introduce context or time expressions. According and as are not standard combinations directly after ratify.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Ratify commonly takes a direct object with no following preposition.
By introduces the group or institution that gave formal approval.
In usually introduces a place, year, or document context rather than forming a fixed combination.
As may appear when something is officially confirmed in a role or status, although confirm is often more natural.
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.
According does not normally follow ratify directly.
✕ The committee ratified according the rules. ✓ The committee ratified the rules according to the charter.Ratify often works directly with an object.
✕ They ratified on the agreement. ✓ They ratified the agreement.By is mainly used in passive voice.
✕ Parliament ratified by the treaty. ✓ The treaty was ratified by parliament.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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No. It commonly takes a direct object directly, such as ratify a treaty.
No. Use according to in a separate phrase instead.
Yes, in formal contexts when confirming someone in a role or status.
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