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by kunal640 » Sun Sep 12, 2010 6:00 pm
The BTGMAT Flash card says:

"Compare to" compares UNLIKE things, whereas "compare with" compares LIKE things. "Compare to" is used to stress resemblance.
CORRECT: "She compared the evening gown to the cocktail dress. "
"Compare with" can be used to show either similarity or difference (usually difference).
CORRECT: "When compared with Laura's work product, Jim's showed a world of difference."


But the first example , "She compared the evening gown to the cocktail dress", compares LIKE things, here clothes.

Please help me understand this disparity.

Thank you in advance!

Kunal
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by mgmat-caitlin » Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:24 pm
Hi there,

Please post this question in the Sentence Correction Forum and PM our instructor, Ron Purewal ("lunarpower") to let him know you would like an answer.

The SC forum is at: https://www.beatthegmat.com/sentence-correction-f9.html

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