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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Compare to or compared to?

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My teacher told me I could use "compared to" only. In her opinion "compare to" does not exist. I thought it did. Could you tell me whether she is right please? Even though more of you will have the same opinion - please post it here so that I could show it to her.

Thank you very much.

Dominik
  

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I assume you mean a sentence like this. Tom is tall, compared to his brother. You can't say ''compare to' here.

— Clive

  • I assume you mean a sentence like this.
  • Tom is tall, compared to his brother.
  • You can't say ''compare to' here.
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I assume you mean a sentence like this.
Tom is tall, compared to his brother.

You can't say ''compare to' here.
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Thank you.


What is the difference between compare to and compared to then?

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AnonymousWhat is the difference between compare to and compared to then?

You can't use "compare to" in the context you presented in your first post.

You compare something to something else, but you can't say something has a certain property "compare to" something else. In the latter case it has to be "compared to" something else".

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