Mona
Hi
Would you tell what the difference between ''be contrasted with'' and ''contrast with'' is? I mean why sometimes the verb '' contrast'' is used in its passive voice? for example, the writer in the below text used '' ''be contrasted with'' instead of '' contrast with''. I'm confued with their meanings?!
'The study also found that there was a complicated relationship between both individual and group popularity, and how these were perceived by students. ‘One interesting finding is that popular students are likely to belong to popular groups. This WAS CONTRASTED with well-liked students, who were much less likely to belong to groups of well-liked peers, said Ms Hawk
2021年5月17日 20:06
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argh, I can't edit. Point is the phrases you're asking about are actually the same, you just didn't include the be-verb in the second one
be contrasted with
was contrasted with
And the difference is tense.
2021年5月17日
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I suppose the writer is using passive voice because the people who carried out the study made the contrast. X was contrasted with Y by the researchers in their findings.
(To be honest, I'm puzzled by the differentiation between 'popular students' and 'well-liked students'. To me, they have the same meaning.)
2021年5月17日
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I think it’s pretty rare (not wrong) to use ‘contrast’ as a verb in conjugated form, such as ‘I contrasted x with y.’
It seems more natural to use it as a noun. ‘Show the contrast’ or ‘demonstrate a contrast’.
Here “contrasted with” is a slightly fancier way of saying “different than”.
2021年5月18日
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was is a be verb ( be, am, is, was, are, were)
was was used because it's in the past tense
I'll use be, like this
This finding will be contrasted with...
This finding is to be contrasted with....
meaning, it wasn't done yet but will be.
2021年5月17日
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