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'Contact Someone' or 'Contact with Someone'? Which One Is Correct? | Mastering Grammar

(Last Updated: 23 October 2022)

contact someone vs contact with someone

Contact or Contact With: Which One Is Correct?

Contact can be either a verb or a noun.

As a verb, it is transitive and therefore takes a direct object:

✅ Anyone with any information about the missing boy should contact the police.
❌ Anyone with any information about the missing boy should contact with the police.

✅ Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
❌ Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact with me.

Contact with someone is correct only when contact is used as a noun:

✅ I'll be in contact with you shortly.

✅ We are no longer in contact with each other.

✅ I finally made contact with her in London.

✅ The Internet helps people stay in contact with their friends.

Examples from the Media

We will contact each participant first before publishing anything to thestar.com. Toronto Star (2021)

The Otago Daily Times contacted the Central Otago District Council on Tuesday to clarify details of the meeting and the agreements—both formal and informal—regarding shared facilities on the territory of the holiday park and sporting complex. —Otago Daily Times (2022)

It means people in close contact with suspected or confirmed Omicron variant cases no longer always need to isolate. —BBC (2021)

Australia's attempts to make contact with China have repeatedly failed after bilateral ties nosedived last year. —South China Morning Post (2021)

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