- compare A (with and) B | WordReference Forums
Dn88 is correct If you were comparing the prices between Tesco stores in London and Tesco stores in Prague to determine whether or not there were variations between the stores within each city, then it would be correct to say "I compared prices in London and Prague" because you are not comparing London prices to Prague prices
- comparing it against with | WordReference Forums
"To compare with" is the correct construction in our everyday use but, depending on the context, to "compare against" something is correct as well See below: Merriam Webster states, in its definition of "prove": "to test the worth or quality of; specifically: to compare against a standard —sometimes used with up or out "
- compare [A with B] vs compare A [with B] - WordReference Forums
So, if we use the pattern 2 to explain the sentence, and the sentence may be interpreted into: "We shouldn't invite our classmates to compare the differences of our clothes and shoes " That's so weird!!! If the "our" is omitted, that may make sense So, I think, this sentence is only can be explained by using pattern 1, compare [A with B]
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In practice, most people do indeed use compare with and compare to interchangeably That doesn’t alter the fact that there is a basic distinction between them, which it’s useful to be aware of My post was in answer to a question specifically about identifying discrepancies, hence the recommendation of with rather than to
- comparé à - accord | WordReference Forums
Employé comme adverbe, comparé à est un anglicisme Pour que la construction soit correcte, comparé doit être employé comme participe et se rapporter au sujet de la proposition principale :
- compare . . with each other or compare . . to each other
compare things with each other 2 compare things to each other I have seen their exchangeable usage
- how to form the comparative of color-adjectives
what are the comparative form of these adjetives: orange, pink, blue, white, red, yellow, purple, blue, green, black, etc Are there any rules for the comparative form of tese color-adjectives? thanks for your help are there any other ways to say that the color of an object is darker or
- en comparaison avec à | WordReference Forums
Si je dis que je compare François Mitterrand au Général de Gaulle, je reconnais un certain privilège au Général de Gaulle Mais beaucoup d'autres utiliseraient indifféremment les deux formules, et moi aussi d'ailleurs dans beaucoup d'autres cas
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