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- comparing with compared with | WordReference Forums
Hi Mary, "Comparing with" is awkward English at best; I wouldn't use it at all "Compared with" is definitely much better Patty M
- apples pears - WordReference Forums
Aha - you're talking about comparing apples with apples - that's completely different If someone is comparing two things and making the point that thing A is much better than thing B, but you know that in fact thing A was designed to do a completely different job, and is in fact much more expensive than thing B, you might say something along the lines of: "Ah, but you are not comparing apples
- compare to with | WordReference Forums
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 liken things In the poem, she compares her own lonely apartment with her sister's happier home
- indicate the cohort against which you are assessing the applicant
If you say on the form "I think Fred is a very good candidate", you are inevitably comparing Fred to somebody else or some other people, and you are probably not comparing him to the children at your child's infant school! Who exactly are you comparing Fred to?
- Comparison with different verbs (más. . . de lo que) - WordReference Forums
According to my CLEP book, the phrase "de lo que" is only used for comparing adjectives and adverbs Es más fácil de lo que crees (facil) However, when comparing things, the articles el la los las are used instead of "lo" Tengo más coches de los que puedo contar
- younger youngest - WordReference Forums
It depends If he has 10 sisters and you say "youngest", then you are referring to the two youngest ones, obviously If he only has 2 sisters, you would say "younger", because you are comparing him with them H
- Pronunciation: COMparable v comPArable - WordReference Forums
Just a quick one: I believe that COMparable is a British pronunciation (the capital letters symbolize stress), while both COMparable and comPArable could be heard in the USA My question is: can the variant comParable be found in the UK, and if so, where? Thank you
- an a old man - WordReference Forums
An is use before a vawel exemption: words starts with H and titles Mm small confussion here for me now, comparing to the previous post So, then, do you say "an honest man" (because h is mute here) or "a honest man"? And, do you say "an NBA" or "a NBA"?
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