change lower vs change to a lower

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Change lower' is commonly used in the context of adjusting settings or levels, while 'change to a lower' is used when specifying the action of changing something to a lower value or position.

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change lower

This phrase is correct and commonly used in the context of adjusting settings or levels.

This phrase is used when referring to the act of making something lower, such as volume, temperature, or brightness.

Examples:

Please change the volume lower.
I need to change the temperature lower in the room.
Can you change the brightness lower on the screen?

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The tax change will lower wage expectations and therefore inflationary expectations.
No earlier than in 2011, the Commission may instigate a study on the need and possibility to change the lower limit of the reference population.
The test may then include a gear change to a lower range and a higher acceleration.
One material extension or change shall not be split into several changes or extensions of lower materiality.
Frequency change (lower than 0,75 Hz or greater than 2,25 Hz)
Duty cycle change (lower than 25 per cent or greater than 75 per cent).
If an appropriate equity value is used the terminal value changes significantly - it becomes lower.
Okay, let me just change it to a lower speed.
This sudden change obliges viewers to lower the volume during commercials and increase it just afterwards, something which, for the average viewer, is highly irritating.
It was also submitted in this regard that the basic physical characteristics change significantly because of lower fat content and the colour of flesh of the fish matured for producing roe.
It also produced something which I call an inversion of expertise, because we had so many changes at the lower levels in technology and tactics and whatnot, that suddenly the things that we grew up doing wasn't what the force was doing anymore.
a change from a lower to a higher tonnage range if the registrant has previously paid the fee for that higher tonnage range;
fully agrees with the Commission that the cost of policy measures to reduce climate change will be significantly lower than the estimated costs of climate change and that, therefore, climate policy is a very efficient policy;
Change selected text to lower case
Hypertension Irbesartan lowers blood pressure with minimal change in heart rate.
Lower and Uppercase character changes are omitted when this option is checked.
I'd like to change the dressing on the lower wound, please.
Structural change in industry seems to increase average labour productivity growth but to lower the employment rate.
In patients with type 2 diabetes with hyperglycaemia, these changes in insulin and glucagon levels lead to lower hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and lower fasting and postprandial glucose concentrations.
The upper and lower 50% limits for changes to the TAC are fairly arbitrary.

Alternatives:

lower the setting
reduce the level
decrease the value
adjust to a lower level
bring down the intensity

change to a lower

This phrase is correct and is used when specifying the action of changing something to a lower value or position.

This phrase is used when you want to indicate the specific action of changing something to a lower value or position.