General: Case to Case or Case by Case

by **Jimmy Low** Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:10 am

Which is correct
a. Case to Case or
b. Case by Case?

Is there a hyphen "-" before and after "to"?

My lawyer friend says A. I thought it was B. :roll:

Jimmy

by **Sudhan** Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:33 pm

Case by Case -> refers to item by item

I think British dialect follow case to case.

I believe GMAT follows the American way.

THanks

by **RonPurewal** Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:06 am

please give some context here.

if you're talking about reviewing some phenomenon on a case-by-case basis, then yeah, you need case-by-case.

but you can also concoct sentences in which the other construction is ok, as in
the details vary from case to case, but the basic phenomenon is the same.

so ... context?