Tom said that the president of our company was the greatest financial leader in this industry, and I agree to his opinion.

I want to study abroad next year, but my parents will not agree with my plan.

e.g 1) Mr. Kwon thinks that studying English is more interesting than Spanish, and I agree with his opinion.

e.g 2) My workers told me that they wanted to extend their lunch time until 1:30 pm, and I agreed to their request.

e.g 1

agree with

‘권씨는 영어공부를 하는 것이 스페인어보다 더 즐겁다’라는 의견(opinion)을 표현했고, 화자(I)또한 같은 의견을 가지고 있다는 것을 알 수 있습니다.

e.g 2

agree to

직원들은 점심시간을 오후1시 30분까지 늘려달라는 요구(propose)/제안(suggest)을 표현했고, 화자는 그 요구나 제안에 동의하였습니다. 즉, 허가(permission)를 해 준 것이죠.

‘agree to’의 경우, 화자의 동의(agreement)가 행동이나 사건에 영향을 미친다. 즉, 두 번째 예문에서 직원들은 다음날부터 점심시간을 오후 1시 30분까지 즐길 것입니다. 반면, e.g1번의 ‘agree with’의 경우에는 화자의 단순한 동의표현을 나타내는 것이다.

agree with

다른 사람이 opinion, judgment, belief등을 표현했을 때 화자가 이에 대해 같은 의견을 가지고 있는 경우.

* 단순한 의견의 공유

agree to

다른 사람이 proposes, requests, suggests, plans등을 표현했을 때 화자가 동의를 해서 제안된 사항들이 실행에 옮겨지는 경우.

Tom said president of our company was the greatest financial leader in this industry, and I agree with his opinion.

I want to study abroad next year, but my parents will not agree to my plan.

Pitt :       Did you listen to President Lee’s speech last night?

Ga Eul :   Yeah, I agree with almost every thing he said. I also agree with most of other his ideas. He announced new policies about the government's official six-day work week system. Some of the officials pleaded with him to call off his proposals but he did not agree to their request.