Common Mistakes : Compare

verb

BAD: The teachers will be able to visit our schools and compare our teaching methods to their own GOOD: The teachers will be able to visit our schools and compare our teaching methods with their own

compare to = describe (someone or something) as being similar to (someone or something else); liken .She compared the child to a noisy monkey

compare with = examine two or more people/things/ideas etc to discover similarities and/or differences .Having compared the new dictionary with the old one, she found the new one more helpful