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Sundarnaz Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

With / to

He compared the beauty of an old woman with / to a candle placed in a holy place.

Which preposition is better here: with or to?

  

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sundarnaz

He compared the beauty of an old woman with / to a candle placed in a holy place.

Which preposition is better here: with or to?

In this case you might just as well follow Shakespeare's lead.

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

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