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I think "trust the fact" is more natural than "trust to the fact", but the search result shows that the latter is more popular. What's the difference between them? Thanks.

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What's the difference between "trust to the fact" and "trust in the fact"?

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Google count statistics are inaccurate if they have quotes in the queries. Google finds 476 hits for trust the fact (there may be more; 500 is the max), but 156 for trust to the fact. – Peter Shor Dec 20 '12 at 17:12

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As I see, these variants (with to and without it) belong to really different cases:

Trust the fact. Trust the man.

But

Trust something to somebody. Trust to luck.

And one more variant:

Trust in his honesty.

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Thank you, Gangnus. Then what's the difference between "trust to the fact" and "trust in the fact"? – xmllmx Dec 20 '12 at 9:38
according to idioms.thefreedictionary.com/trust+to, "trust to the fact" is not cotrrect. "Trust in the fact" means more deep trust than "trust the fact". Look also en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trust – Gangnus Dec 20 '12 at 9:52
"Trust to the fact" is excerpted from a formal document by Microsoft. So I hardly believe that is incorrect at first glance. – xmllmx Dec 20 '12 at 10:29
According to thesaurus.com/browse/trust+to?s=t, "trust to" is a synonym to "depend". – Gangnus Dec 20 '12 at 11:01
Thanks, Gangnus. Your answer is helpful. – xmllmx Dec 20 '12 at 11:13
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