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IEEE Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Contact/contact with....Meet/Meet with..

Dear all,

Please clarify under what circumstances contact and meet takes preposition.

For example- I can say

1. I will contact you next day/I will contact with you next day.

2. I will meet you next day/I will meet with you next day.

Regards,

IEEE
  

Top answer

1. I will contact you next day. -- Only this form is possible with 'contact'.

— Mister Micawber

  • 1.
  • I will contact you next day.
  • -- Only this form is possible with 'contact'.
  • 2a.
  • I will meet you next day.
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1. I will contact you next day. -- Only this form is possible with 'contact'.

2a. I will meet you next day. -- This means that you and I will come face to face at some location.

2b. I will meet with you next day.-- This means that you and I will sit down and have a reasonably lengthy discussion
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Good question.

First of all, you should not say: I will contact you next day.

Either the article 'the' is missing (I will contact you the next day) or you mean to say I will contact you tomorrow. Same for the verb meet.

Secondly in English, we "make contact with" someone. You can say "I will contact you" but you should not say "
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I have made a mistake.

Mr Micawber is correct.

You can say I will contact you next day, but I think using 'tomorrow' or adding the article 'the' makes the sentence clearer.
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