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Kingston123 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

With vs to

Do not compare me with my friend.

Do not compare me to my friend.


difference between these two.

  

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difference between these two. For almost every native speaker, there is none. Traditionally, grammarians have encouraged this difference: U sage Note: A common rule of usage holds that 'compare to' and 'compare with' are not interchangeable.

— Mister Micawber

  • difference between these two.
  • For almost every native speaker, there is none.
  • Traditionally, grammarians have encouraged this difference: U sage Note: A common rule of usage holds that 'compare to' and 'compare with' are not interchangeable.
  • 'To' implies "in the direction of" or "toward a target," and so comparing Miriam to a summer's day means treating the summer's day as a standard or paragon and noting that Miriam, though a different kind of entity, is similar in some ways to it.
  • 'With' implies "together" or "side by side," and so comparing the Senate version of the bill with the House version means treating them symmetrically, as two examples of the same kind of entity, and noting both the similarities and the differences.
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kingston123Do not compare me with my friend.Do not compare me to my friend.difference between these two.

For almost every native speaker, there is none. Traditionally, grammarians have encouraged this difference:

Usage Note: A common rule of usage holds that 'compare to' and 'compare with' are not interchangeable.

'To' implies "in the

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