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Dormouse Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

It's easy to compare school to OR with work.

Question: In this sentence: "It's easy to compare school to OR with work." which is preferable - TO / WITH -- and why? Found the sentence in a series of test questions and don't know the answer!
  

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Compare to : to show likeness between two unlike things. In the poem, she compares her loneliness to a ship lost at sea. Compare with : to analyze two similar things.

  • Compare to : to show likeness between two unlike things.
  • In the poem, she compares her loneliness to a ship lost at sea.
  • Compare with : to analyze two similar things.
  • In the poem, she compares her own lonely apartment with her sister's happier home.
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Compare to: to show likeness between two unlike things.

In the poem, she compares her loneliness to a ship lost at sea.

Compare with: to analyze two similar things.

In the poem, she compares her own lonely apartment with her sister's happier home.
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