If you talk, write, speak, etc. about someone or something, you are identifying that person or thing as the subject of your conversation or piece of writing. You can also say that a piece of writing, a conversation, etc. is about something. Mr. Clarke: My hon. Friend makes his point extremely effectively and it is important to emphasise what he says. Crime figures have been coming down, including, I am glad to say, those on crime relating to drug abuse —we are reducing levels of drug crime as well House of Commons Monday 5 December 2005. documents related to economic policy The Ministry of Economy has enhanced its capacity to:
documents related to economic policy , … The World Bank Report No: ISR14235 Implementation Status. My questions are: 1. Do A and C, B and D mean the same respectively? 2. Are the phrases 'related to' and 'relating to' interchangeable in general or not? Thank you Drag0nspeaker Posted: Friday, March 16, 2018 8:26:27 PM  Joined: 9/12/2011 Posts: 37,961 Neurons: 277,857 Location: Livingston, Scotland, United Kingdom Hello onsen. They don't mean exactly the same thing, but there are times when you could use either, and it would not alter the meaning of the sentence very much. "Related to" basically means "connected to", "connected with" or "in some sort of relationship with". "Relating to" means "concerning" or "about". I think you will find that "relating to" is often used when talking about statistics, data or documents. The crimes in A are somehow connected with drug abuse (selling or providing drugs - or stealing money to buy drugs - are examples). The documents in B are about economic policy. They tell about the policies in use or proposed. The crime figures in C are figures concerning drug abuse (relating to) but the crimes are connected to drug abuse (related to) - so I would have written either of these, rather than the sentence used by Mr Clarke. Crime figures have been coming down, including, I am glad to say, those (figures) relating to drug abuse. or Crime figures have been coming down, including, I am glad to say, those on crime related to drug abuse. However, in the middle of a speech, I would not stop to think "Should I say '-ed' or '-ing-?" - Who knows which one would come out of my mouth? In D, the documents are connected with economic policy. They may be analyses of trade or industry. They are not exactly about economic policy, but have some relationship with it. They may show whether the policy is successful, or could be used as a guide to formulate new policy. However, I think there is a subtle difference between the two, one I can't readily support with a good source at the moment. "Related to" only means that there is some kind of connection while "relating to" indicates something that is about the topic. For instance, if I asked for websites relating to english.stackexchange.com, I might expect to get meta.english.stackexchange.com, maybe some news articles that cover the site, and a blog entry by a founder. If I asked for websites related to english.stackexchange.com, I would expect to receive those same sites listed above, but I would also expect to see other SE network websites, other English-learner websites, and perhaps other Q&A type sites.
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