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by Titanp321 » Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:43 pm
For many home owners, the cost of fixing or replacing a roof is perhaps only matched by the cost of repairing a faulty foundation.

(A)the cost of fixing or replacing a roof is perhaps only matched by the cost of repairing

(B)fixing or replacing a roof is perhaps only matched by the cost of repairing

(C)the cost of fixing or replacing a roof is perhaps matched by only the cost of repairing

(D)the cost of fixing or replacing a roof is perhaps only matched with the cost of repairing

(E)the cost of fixing or replacing a roof is perhaps only matched by the repair of


OA A

Anyone understand the only modifier in the official answer?
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by hemant_rajput » Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:57 pm
For many home owners, the cost of fixing or replacing a roof is perhaps only matched by the cost of repairing a faulty foundation.

(A)the cost of fixing or replacing a roof is perhaps only matched by the cost of repairing

>> by is the proper preposition over here.

(B)fixing or replacing a roof is perhaps only matched by the cost of repairing

>>fixing or replacing can't be compared with cost, so wrong choice.

(C)the cost of fixing or replacing a roof is perhaps matched by only the cost of repairing

>> misplace modifier "only".

(D)the cost of fixing or replacing a roof is perhaps only matched with the cost of repairing

>>wrong usage of with.

(E)the cost of fixing or replacing a roof is perhaps only matched by the repair of

>>parallelism issue


Can any one explain where to use by or whith when doing comparison?
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by Lifetron » Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:11 am
Good One ! Can come down to A & C, but still didn't get the usage of 'only' properly.

Explanations pls...
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by Tommy Wallach » Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:04 pm
Hey Guys,

This is just an idiom, which means there's no logic to it other than it's just how English is spoken! The idiom is "only matched by". The order is unimportant:

X is only matched by Y.

X is matched only by Y.

It simply means "the only thing that is as expensive/interesting/whatever is some other thing".

"Matched with" is used in other places: "Steve has been matched with Sandy at the school dance."

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by hemant_rajput » Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:52 pm
Tommy Wallach wrote:Hey Guys,

This is just an idiom, which means there's no logic to it other than it's just how English is spoken! The idiom is "only matched by". The order is unimportant:

X is only matched by Y.

X is matched only by Y.

It simply means "the only thing that is as expensive/interesting/whatever is some other thing".

"Matched with" is used in other places: "Steve has been matched with Sandy at the school dance."

Hope that helps!

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Hey tommy,

can you please provide some more information on where to use "match with" and where to use "match by"?
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by sana.noor » Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:42 am
Differ with(someone). Match with(someone). For Instance: i differ with my collegue about latest political agenda. I don't differ with you on that point. Why you match your fiance with tom cruise; they are two different persons.
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by Tommy Wallach » Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:35 am
Hey Heymant,

"Matched by" is for comparisons. "Matched with" is for things like dating ("I was matched with her for the closing ceremony".

And Sana, that's not quite right. Your sentence example doesn't make sense. You're right that you use it for people, but you have to be physically paired up. It can also me used when things are paired off because they are identical:

This earring matches (with) the earring we found at the crime scene.

At this point, we're not talking about idioms so much as vocabulary, so I think we should leave this thread here. For more information, just look up "match" in the dictionary! Or I can:

verb [ with obj. ]
1 correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious: [ with obj. ] : we bought green and blue curtains to match the bedspread | she matched her steps to his | [ no obj. ] : the jacket and pants do not match.
"¢ team (someone or something) with someone or something else appropriate or harmonious: they matched suitably qualified applicants with institutions that had vacancies | she was trying to match the draperies to the couch.
2 be equal to (something) in quality or strength: his anger matched her own.
"¢ succeed in reaching or equaling (a standard or quality): he tried to match her nonchalance.
"¢ equalize (two coupled electrical impedances) so as to bring about the maximum transfer of power from one to the other.
3 place (a person or group) in contest or competition with another: the big names were matched against nobodies | (as adj., with submodifiermatched) : evenly matched teams.


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