& compare A [with B] (compare 1 thing together with sb) I think, for the question setter, they thought it is the latter pattern that should explain the question.
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Dear all, I compared prices in Tokyo (and / with) Singapore. Are there any difference in meaning or nuance between compare 'A and B' and 'A with B'? I would appreciate any comments.
Say A and B are the same kind of product but of different brands. I want to test their functionality. I compare A and B on their functionality. I compare A...
If you have "found out that between is not used after compare ", you have answered your own question. You can compare many things, so you can compare the shifts in style. Perhaps you are wondering whether you can make a comparison between more than two things. You can, but I would personally prefer to use of, i.e. a comparison of the deliberate shifts in style etc.
Hello everyone The dictionary definitions suggest that the three verbs 'liken', 'compare' and 'analogize' mean the same when we want to say that someone or something is similar to someone or something else in some aspects. Liken: to say that someone is similar to or has the same qualities as...
"as any she belied with false compare" = "as any woman people lie about by making false comparisons" In Shakespeare, 'she' is sometimes used to mean "a woman". (For example, in Twelfth Night, there's a line about someone being "the cruelest she alive".) He's saying that his mistress is as rare as those other women people write untruthful poems about (where they say their mistresses eyes are ...
I know it won't be the same but I would like try .Thanks a lot.! SHALL I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date.