Comply with — Sentence Correction Aptitude Question
Comply with: Choose the correct sentence: Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Sentence Correction
- Section: Verbal Ability
- Difficulty: Easy
- Time target: 40 seconds
Question
Choose the correct sentence:
Options
- The company must comply to the rules.
- The company must comply with the rules.
- The company must comply of the rules.
- The company must comply for the rules.
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: B. The company must comply with the rules.
Worked solution
- The fixed expression is comply with.
Answer: The company must comply with the rules.
The idea
Learn verb-preposition pairs as single units: comply with, consist of, insist on, depend on, differ from, result in.
Shortcut. Think of the noun: 'compliance with the rules'. The preposition carries over to the verb, so 'comply with' is the only possible form; to, of and for never follow comply.
Common trap. "The company must comply to the rules." — borrowed from 'conform to' or 'adhere to', which mean much the same thing, but comply takes 'with'.