25177
> 屋内は外見 **に** 負けず劣らずの半壊模様。

I feel like the sentence means something like "The inside (of the church) was
as equally destroyed as the outside."

But I'm not sure what the に does in this sentence. Could someone help me with
this?

Thanks!
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-06-20T10:31:04.437
25176
2015-06-21T00:26:33.673
10316
question
grammar
What does に do here?
「に」 just happens to be the correct particle to use in saying:

> 「～～ **に** [勝]{か}つ」 "to win _**against**_ ~~"
>
> 「～～ **に** [負]{ま}ける」 "to lose _**to**_ ~~"

It had no choice but add use 「に」 to the object 「外見」 because the next word is
負けず劣らず, of which the first part comes from 「負ける」.

Your translation is good, by the way.
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-06-20T11:00:05.293
25177
2015-06-21T00:26:33.673
2020-06-17T08:18:27.500
-1
25176
answer