compare someone or something to someone or something
to liken people or things to other people or things; to say that some people or things have the same qualities as other people or things. (See the comment at compare someone or something with someone or something.) l can only compare him to a cuddly teddy bear. He compared himself to one of the knights of the round table.
See also: compare, to
compare someone or something with someone or something
to consider the sameness or difference of sets of things or people. (This phrase is very close in meaning to compare someone or something to someone or something, but for some connotes stronger contrast.) Let’s compare the virtues of savings accounts with investing in bonds. When I compare Roger with Tom, I find very few similarities. Please compare Tom with Bill on their unemployment records.
so the question was asking about comparing the octopus’s intelligence with that of other mammals. the question was debating over whether they are the same or different, so the word “with” will be used. you use “compare to” when comparing or rather likening yourself to something, as shown above.
@Tsella because intelligence is singular, it wouldn’t become plural because the intelligence is the subject of the sentence, not the mammals or the invertebrate animals
@tsella this question was on a previous sat. A professional chocolate buyer recently said that his job is much easier than (how it was for his predecessors) because he can search the Internet for new chocolate products.
Answer : that of his predecessors
@nervusguy yup agreed about writing but critical reading seems straight forward, most of the incorrect answers are immediately shot down. I felt it was easier but maybe it’s because I got better at it. Reading I would think its similar to October curve
