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ss1 · 2009 October 30th, 10:15 PM

Even though she didn’t anticipate manager’s proposal to strengthen her department, to implement it, the advertising manager agreed with the personal
A) to implement it, the advertising manager agreed with the personal
B) implementing it, the advertising manager agreed with the personal
C) implementing it, the advertising manager agreed with the personnel
D) to implement it, the advertising manager agreed with the personnel
E) implementing it, the advertising manager agreed to the personnel
OA:E

some general questions

Compare with vs compare to: toms car cannot be compares (with/ to) his brother’s?

Just as…so too?
Independent from/ independent of?
Decide on?
Debate on/ about?
Conform to/ with?
Consider (as) is usually wrong, but what about this case: I don’t consider you AS candidate?
Instead of, rather than rule?
different from/ different than?

sonikamadala · 2009 October 31st, 07:10 AM

Compare with is used to compare similar things.
Compare to is used to compare non-similar things.
I guess here compare with is correct : toms car cannot be compared with his brother’s?

Just as…so too is a correct idiom. Just as…so is as well.
Independent from is correct idiom.
Decide on? No idea
Debate over.. whether is correct idiom.
Conform to/ with? No idea.
Consider ... (nothing) is correct idiom. Consider shud not be be associate with any preposition.
Instead of, rather than both are correct. Instead of is used for substitution and rather than will be used for to show preference.
different from is correct idiom.

Shiv Shankar · 2009 November 7th, 05:53 PM

Compare usually takes the preposition to when it refers to. The activity of describing the resemblances between unlike things:

• People sometimes compare the human brain to a computer.
The human brain & a Computer is two different entity .

Compare takes with when it refers to the act of examining two like things in order to discern their similarities or differences:
• The police compared the forged signature with the original.

Rule 1: Compare to compares unlike things, whereas compare with compares like things.
Rule 2: Compare to is used to stress the resemblance. Compare with can be used to show either similarity or difference but is usually used to stress the difference.

Just as…so too are correct idiom .
Use as when you want to focus on two nouns doing two actions.
However, little trick is that "just as" can replace "in the same way that..."

Instead of, rather than both are correct .
Instead of is used for substitution .
rather than is used for expressing a preference for one thing over
another thing.
"I need X rather than Y" does not connote "I need not Y"

-Shiv

2009 October 30th, 10:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
ss1 Eager! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 90	idiom confusion Even though she didn’t anticipate manager’s proposal to strengthen her department, to implement it, the advertising manager agreed with the personal A) to implement it, the advertising manager agreed with the personal B) implementing it, the advertising manager agreed with the personal C) implementing it, the advertising manager agreed with the personnel D) to implement it, the advertising manager agreed with the personnel E) implementing it, the advertising manager agreed to the personnel OA:E some general questions Compare with vs compare to: toms car cannot be compares (with/ to) his brother’s? Just as…so too? Independent from/ independent of? Decide on? Debate on/ about? Conform to/ with? Consider (as) is usually wrong, but what about this case: I don’t consider you AS candidate? Instead of, rather than rule? different from/ different than?

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2009 October 31st, 07:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
sonikamadala GMAT cracker Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 221	Compare with is used to compare similar things. Compare to is used to compare non-similar things. I guess here compare with is correct : toms car cannot be compared with his brother’s? Just as…so too is a correct idiom. Just as…so is as well. Independent from is correct idiom. Decide on? No idea Debate over.. whether is correct idiom. Conform to/ with? No idea. Consider ... (nothing) is correct idiom. Consider shud not be be associate with any preposition. Instead of, rather than both are correct. Instead of is used for substitution and rather than will be used for to show preference. different from is correct idiom.

2009 November 7th, 05:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Shiv Shankar Just started GMAT Pre.... Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: INDIA Posts: 4	Compare usually takes the preposition to when it refers to. The activity of describing the resemblances between unlike things: • People sometimes compare the human brain to a computer. The human brain & a Computer is two different entity . Compare takes with when it refers to the act of examining two like things in order to discern their similarities or differences: • The police compared the forged signature with the original. Rule 1: Compare to compares unlike things, whereas compare with compares like things. Rule 2: Compare to is used to stress the resemblance. Compare with can be used to show either similarity or difference but is usually used to stress the difference. Just as…so too are correct idiom . Use as when you want to focus on two nouns doing two actions. However, little trick is that "just as" can replace "in the same way that..." Instead of, rather than both are correct . Instead of is used for substitution . rather than is used for expressing a preference for one thing over another thing. "I need X rather than Y" does not connote "I need not Y" -Shiv

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