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by ranell » Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:09 am
Comparing the Quechans with other Native Americans of the Southwest, the Quechans were singularly uninterested in the accumulation of material wealth or in the crafting of elaborate pottery and basketry.

A Comparing the Quechans with other Native Americans of the Southwest, the Quechans
B When you compare the Quechans to other Native Americans of the Southwest, they
C When other Native Americans of the Southwest are compared to the Quechans, they
D Comparison to other Native Americans of the Southwest shows that the Quechans
E Compared with other Native Americans of the Southwest, the Quechans
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by winsome_vagabond » Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:27 am
IMO - E
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by ranell » Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:50 am
No, it is not C
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by sanjib » Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:01 pm
None of these posts quench his eagerness to know the compared with and Compared to.
when mentioning similarities it is TO
when mentioning differences it is WITH.So tell me is it E or not.ha hah
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by siddharth rastogi » Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:05 pm
imo e

compared with X, Y

X paralle to Y
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by sanjib » Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:08 pm
whatever parallel we use the basic concept matters about to and with.
it is no guessing IMO game
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by vani_13in » Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:06 pm
sanjib wrote:None of these posts quench his eagerness to know the compared with and Compared to.
when mentioning similarities it is TO
when mentioning differences it is WITH.So tell me is it E or not.ha hah
I think you reversed the rule. "Compare to compares unlike things, whereas compare with compares like things."
E.g : Scientists sometimes compare the human brain to a computer.
And E.g : The police compared the forged signature with the original.

IMO Answer : E
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