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Yogi2005 Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Compare to/with
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00 please , could you tell me which preposition goes with "compare"? 02 br
00 Do we use 'with' or 'to'? 02 br
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00 to compare sth 01 b 00 to/with 02 b 00 the work done by sb 02 br
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00 please , could you tell me which preposition goes with "compare"? 02 br
00 Do we use 'with' or 'to'? 02 br
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00 ex. 02 br
00 to compare sth 01 b 00 to/with 02 b 00 the work done by sb 02 br
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00 thank you 0-
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I am rather enamoured of H.W. Fowler's opinion:
" 'Compare', in the sense 'suggest or state a similarity', is regularly followed by 'to', not 'with'; in the sense 'examine or set forth the details of a supposed similarity or estimate its degree', it is regularly followed by 'with', not 'to'.
'He compared me to Demosthenes' means that he suggested that I was comparable to him or
" 'Compare', in the sense 'suggest or state a similarity', is regularly followed by 'to', not 'with'; in the sense 'examine or set forth the details of a supposed similarity or estimate its degree', it is regularly followed by 'with', not 'to'.
'He compared me to Demosthenes' means that he suggested that I was comparable to him or
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