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Allthewayanime Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

In contrast with/to

What's the difference between in contrast with and in contrast to?
  

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Nothing that I can think of. Both are fine. 'To' is more in use in AmE.

— Mister Micawber

  • Nothing that I can think of.
  • Both are fine.
  • 'To' is more in use in AmE.
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Nothing that I can think of. Both are fine. 'To' is more in use in AmE.
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My English teacher said that 'in contrast with' is behaving as a verb: His jacket contrasts with his plain pants; and 'in contrast to' it's behaving as a noun : His jacket stands in contrast to his jeans.

I would like to know if they are only used like this.
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allthewayanimeMy English teacher said that 'in contrast with' is behaving behaves as a verb: His jacket contrasts with his plain pants
The problem is that your example sentence does not have "in contrast with". There's no 'in' in the whole sentence!

Both of your sentences are correct, however.
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allthewayanimeMy English teacher said that 'in contrast with' is behaving as a verb: His jacket contrasts with his plain pants; and 'in contrast to' it's behaving as a noun : His jacket stands in contrast to his jeans.
Just to make it clear: in contrast with and in contrast to both contain the noun 'contrast' as object of the preposit
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Thank you for clearing it!
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