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Reegis Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Contradict vs contradict with

Hello.

I have always thought that we should say 'contradict sth' instead of 'contradict with sth'. However, yesterday I saw this sentence:

Eyewitness' testimonies often contradict with each other.

Then started digging into this topic and admittedly didn't find this phrase in the dictionary, but found a lot of examples in youglish that sound official and serious:
https://youglish.com/pronounce/contradict%20with/english

1) So, what should be my takeaway from this story? Emotion: smile Is this phrase incorrect but so much common?

2) Apart from that, is the original sentence correct? Shouldn't it start with "Eyewitness's testimonies"?

  

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Reegis I have always thought that we should say 'contradict sth' instead of 'contradict with sth'. "Contradict something" is far more common than "contradict with" something. t1%3B%2Ccontradict%20 NOUN %3B%2Cc0 I checked some of the citations of "contradict with" and they were either an invalid match, or some text written by someone who is not a native speaker.

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  • Reegis I have always thought that we should say 'contradict sth' instead of 'contradict with sth'.
  • "Contradict something" is far more common than "contradict with" something.
  • t1%3B%2Ccontradict%20 NOUN %3B%2Cc0 I checked some of the citations of "contradict with" and they were either an invalid match, or some text written by someone who is not a native speaker.
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ReegisI have always thought that we should say 'contradict sth' instead of 'contradict with sth'.

"Contradict something" is far more common than "contradict with" something.

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Reegis2) Apart from that, is the original sentence correct? Shouldn't it start with "Eyewitness's testimonies"?

Yes.

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ReegisShouldn't it start with "Eyewitness's testimonies"?

That should be either eyewitness testimonies (a compound noun) or eyewitnesses' testimonies (the testimonies of multiple eyewitnesses).

The version you gave above refers to the multiple testimonies of one eyewitness, and I don't think that's what was meant. And becau

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