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Bookmark or Share- as at vs. as of - WordReference ForumsAs of (compare with as from) does much the same thing; it fixes a time but (often) it looks from that point to a relative future time. "As of this moment, I have £2.98 in my pocket but I will add three random coins every minute - after 20 minutes we will see how much I have."
- cumpà/compare - WordReference ForumsI need help with the translation of the word compare in a specific context, for which I am not sure whether I can use the various translations suggested above. The sentence is: - Hanno ammazzato compare Turiddu (from Cavalleria Rusticana) The people of a little town yell this sentence out when finding out that compare Turiddu has
- compliance with/to - WordReference ForumsMa_linka, the rule you quote in #3 about compare to and compare with may well reflect majority usage. However, I rather doubt that most native speakers would be able to describe this rule, or that they are even aware of it. They simply write what they think is most natural to them and see no difference between with and to.
- 'compare .. with each other' or 'compare .. to each other'compare things with each other 2. compare things to each other I have seen their exchangeable usage.
- comparing it against/with | WordReference Forums"To compare with" is the correct construction in our everyday use but, depending on the context, to "compare against" something is correct as well. See below: Merriam Webster states, in its definition of "prove": "to test the worth or quality of; specifically: to compare against a standard —sometimes used with up or out."
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