I’ve come across this phrase によって/により quite often and I’ve researched and
found these meanings: by Person (この本は君によって書かれた？); due to/ because of; by means
of (The teacher checked their knowledge by the means of a test); depending on.

But I’ve realized that it has much more meanings? My japanese friend gave me
these examples: 酒によっている, 端によってください So how do these translate into English and
are there more uses for this によって/により or even によると (according to..)? I feel
like Japanese people use this よる verb A Lot! Thank you in advance!!
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grammar translation meaning usage
Meaning of によって/により
Welcome to the site! Great to see the community expanding!

I am also a newcomer, so apologies if I am wrong, but on this site you may
want to be careful about using the word "research" too lightly (not saying
that you did, but just in case...)

What I can say is that while 酒によっている (=being drunk) was the only example with
a "によって” that you gave, "Xによると" and "Xによって” mean the same (as long as X is a
person / _source of news_ ), "according to X" and in both cases the message
(=what the source told) comes afterwards, i.e. the structure being
SOURCEによると/によってMESSAGE
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