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Kelly Tan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

'with' should take the place of 'and'

Here, Nichiren Daishonin compared Shakyamuni Buddha’s Lotus Sutra and Nichiren Daishonin’s Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo.

'with' should take the place of 'and'. Right or wrong? I mean 'compared ..... with.'

Thank you.
  

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"and" is OK. The difference between "compare with" and "compare to" is a perennial question in English. People say that "compare with" means to examine differences, while "compare to" means to note similarities.

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  • "and" is OK.
  • The difference between "compare with" and "compare to" is a perennial question in English.
  • People say that "compare with" means to examine differences, while "compare to" means to note similarities.
  • However, this distinction is not strong enough, in my opinion, to completely eliminate the risk that "with" in your sentence may be understood as the latter.
  • It may be to avoid this that the author chose "and".
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"and" is OK. The difference between "compare with" and "compare to" is a perennial question in English. People say that "compare with" means to examine differences, while "compare to" means to note similarities. However, this distinction is not strong enough, in my opinion, to completely eliminate the risk that "with" in your sentence may be understood as the latter. It may be to avoid this that t
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I should add that my answer assumes that the "note similarities" meaning is not intended by the author. If it is, then I would recommend "to".
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