Object / Subject Pronoun + Idioms

[Guest]

1. What is the difference between: correlates to & correlates with?


2. Which one of the following is correct?

- Everyone, including you and me, went to the party.
- Eveyone, including you and I, went to the party.

[RonPurewal]

1. i can't definitively tell you that correlates to is wrong, but i can tell you with confidence that with is the preferred preposition here. in any case, if the discussion for an official question - that means official as in 'from the og' - tells you to use one or the other of these, then use it.
if not, don't sweat it (i've seen both of these before, although, again, 'with' is definitely preferred if not actually 'correct').

2. the first one is correct. these pronouns are objects of the word 'including', so they appear in object cases.
nb: the gmat knows that many people have been hyper-corrected on 'me --> i' by their overzealous second-grade teachers. therefore, it may well ask questions on which 'i' needs to be replaced by 'me' (classic case: 'between you and i' is wrong; 'between you and me' is right).

[fcomorales]

Using Google Books I searched the word "correlate" in the OG12. I found that only "correlates with" is used. "Correlates to" does not show up.

In the explanation of OG12 of the correct answer of problem SC 120, GMAT states "...a 1991 report suggesting that moderate consumption of red wine correlated with reduced risk of heart disease."

The recent OG13 also uses "correlates with", but in a RC passage.

Based on this, my first choice would be "correlates with"! :)

[tim]

me too!