My teacher said "with one accord" is old-fashioned and never used in modern English. Is that true?
We, the Events Department, hope as many employees as possible will attend the party to celebrate the history of our company with one accord.

I wrote the above sentence. My teacher from UK told me you should use "all together" instead of "with one accord" in the sentence above because "with one accord" is so old that it is not used in modern English.
Is that true?

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My teacher said "with one accord" is old-fashioned and never used in modern English. Is that true?
We, the Events Department, hope as many employees as possible will attend the party to celebrate the history of our company with one accord.

I wrote the above sentence. My teacher from UK  told me you should use "all together" instead of "with one accord" in the sentence above because "with one accord" is so old that it is not used in modern English.
Is that true?

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Wow! I haven't heard that phrase in a long time!

I was born in London and have lived here for 23 years. I think the last time I heard someone say "with one accord" was in 2008. So, to answer your question - whilst "with one accord" is grammatically correct, it is almost never used anymore in the English language. Saying "all together" is also grammatically correct and sounds a lot more natural.

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true.   This expression is never used these days.

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