hey you native speakers! do you think this sentence is wrong?

Question

(The price of shoes is related with the number of
shoes the producers make) <- this is the sentenceI am asking about.

yesterday my english teacher said this sentence is wrong becuase I should write "related to" instead of "related with"
but I think i could also use "with" in that sentence.
I looked up for dictionary and they say I could..
so.. is ir right or not?
I just wanna see what you guys think about it..
thank you

Answer 1

“The price of shoes is related with the number of shoes the producers make.”
Price = ~ + Number

You have to look at ‘with’ as being the same as ‘and’ or ‘+’ (with = and = plus), and ‘is’ as the same as equal (=), and ‘related’ as the same as ‘implies (~)’.

While yours is a correct sentence, in that is has a subject, verb, and object, it leaves you hanging. The question you beg is, what is the price of shoes with the number of shoes related to? So logically the sentence make no sense. Compare it with, “The price of shoes is related with the number of shoes the producers make to the number of shoes sold.”

Now there is an balanced equation, this implies that this and this equal that. (Price of shoes ~ number of shoes = amount sold). In your sentence you had, (this = ~ that + that), or, Price of shoes is implies with number of shoes made.
= ~ + ,there is no balance.

I went to town with John. Is the same as, or equals, John and I went to town. John with Bill, is not the same as, John is Bill. Height is related to age, could be expressed as, ‘implied height equal age’.

If, as your teacher said, the sentence read, “The price of shoes is related with the number of shoes the producers make.” You have: number of shoes made = ~ price. While this sentence is logical and true as far as it goes but it leaves out part of the equation, and that is demand. But that is outside the scope of your question.

Answer 2

It's wrong, because related with makes no sense in the place. It's . i'm a writer, and i've been studying english for the longest time.

Answer 3

Well according to Webster's online dictionary, you would appear to be correct. Here is one expample it gives, "3 a -- used as a function word to indicate the object of a statement of comparison or equality ". However, in this example and in the way you used the word, I would agree with your teacher. Unfortunately, I am not an English major so I cannot tell you exactly why. To me, with implies accomanying where to is more relational. I would go with your teacher.

Answer 4

Yes the teacher is correct. It is related with something else not to something else! If that makes sence lol

Goodluck hun xxx

Answer 5

"Related to" is right.

The only time I would use "related with" would be to mean "got along well with" or "really understood" a person.

I found I really related with her, right from the first day we met.

Answer 6

The teacher is correct.

Answer 7

your teacher is right.