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Addyaddy Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

compare with/to/and

Which one is correct?

I compare India with China

or

I compare India to China

or

I compare India and China
  

Top answer

com's usage note: ? The traditional rule about which preposition to use after compare states that compare should be followed by to when it points out likenesses or similarities between two apparently dissimilar persons or things: She compared his handwriting to knotted string. Compare should be followed by with , the rule says, when it points out similarities or differences between two entities of the same general class: The critic compared the paintings in the exhibit with magazine photographs.

— RandomGuy

  • com's usage note: ?
  • The traditional rule about which preposition to use after compare states that compare should be followed by to when it points out likenesses or similarities between two apparently dissimilar persons or things: She compared his handwriting to knotted string.
  • Compare should be followed by with , the rule says, when it points out similarities or differences between two entities of the same general class: The critic compared the paintings in the exhibit with magazine photographs.
  • This rule is by no means always observed, however, even in formal speech and writing.
  • Use and when comparing two things to two other things: compare fruit and vegetables to meat and dairy.
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Here is Dictionary.com's usage note:

?The traditional rule about which preposition to use after compare states that compare should be followed by to when it points out likenesses or similarities between two apparently dissimilar persons or things: She compared his handwriting to knotted string. Compare should be followed by with, the rule says, wh
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