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do i say in comparison to or with
Here's a link to an important rule: https://www.e-education.psu.edu/styleforstudents/c3_p21.html
I am not sure if it applies to "in comparison" though.
It would be useful to know whether any semantic distinctions are being made between the use of "to", "with" etc.hi
I did a quick BNC search.
[STRIKE]Here are the frequency of prepositions for each wordings in academic writing.
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Here are the frequency of prepositions in academic writing.
I hope it helps somehow.
compared followed by :
It would be useful to know whether any semantic distinctions are being made between the use of "to", "with" etc.
Yes it does sound better. That is a good example of their not being totally exchangeable. I still think it's mainly stylistic though. The second version isn't wrong.I can think of an example where I would make a distinction between " compare to" and "compare with"
It's when we say "compare to" for "they are similar"
Some commentators compared his work to that of James Joyce.
I think sounds better than
Some commentators compared his work with that of James Joyce.
Raymott could you comment on that, please.
Cheers
As I say, I almost always use "to". To change my mind, you'd have to come up with the opposite example - where "with" sounds undeniably better than "to".
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