Question

Choose the grammatically correct option from the following.

• A. The teachers will be able to visit our schools and compare our teaching methods to their own.
• B. The teachers will be able to pay a visit to our schools and compare teaching methods for their own.
• C. The teachers will be able to visit our schools and compare our teaching methods with their own.
• D. The teachers will be able to visit our school and compare their teaching method with their own.

Hint:

“Compare” takes the preposition “with”, and the comparison should logically be “our methods” against “their own”, not “their” against “their own”.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Two separate checks decide this question: the correct preposition after “compare”, and whether the sentence's pronouns actually make logical sense.

1. Option A: Fails the preposition check, using “to” instead of “with”.
2. Option B: Also fails the preposition check with “for”, and additionally drops the needed “our” before “teaching methods”.
3. Option C: Uses “with” correctly, and clearly contrasts “our teaching methods” against “their own”, meaning the visiting teachers' methods, a sensible and grammatical comparison.
4. Option D: Uses “with” correctly, but the phrase “their teaching method with their own” uses “their” for both sides of the comparison, which is confusing and illogical, since the sentence should be contrasting “our” methods with “theirs”, not “their” methods with “their own”.

So the correct answer is option C.