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Messier42 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
How are they different?
To come in contact with something,
To contact something
How are they different?
To contact something
How are they different?
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Do you mean this kind of sentence? His hand contacted the wall. His hand came into contact with the wall.
- Do you mean this kind of sentence?
- His hand contacted the wall.
- His hand came into contact with the wall.
- No big difference.
- Perhaps #2 sounds like it was more accidental.
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Do you mean this kind of sentence?
His hand contacted the wall.
His hand came into contact with the wall.
No big difference.
Perhaps #2 sounds like it was more accidental.
His hand contacted the wall.
His hand came into contact with the wall.
No big difference.
Perhaps #2 sounds like it was more accidental.
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messier42How are they different?In reference to a disease:
He came in contact with malaria.
I don't hear "contacted" in this sense. (He contracted malaria.)
"contracted malaria" 155,000 Google hits
"contacted malaria" 8,600 Google hits
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