prevent

[runnery]

Hi there,

I know "prevent sb (from)doing sth" is correct. Can I use prevent like this?

Prevent A from contacting with B.

Here, A and B are two mechanical parts other than persons.

Cheers,

Runnery

 

[srta chicken]

It would sound better to say, "prevent A from coming into contact with B

 

[runnery]

It would sound better to say, "prevent A from coming into contact with B

Thanks for your response.

Actually, I am not sure the meaning of "coming into", I look it up in the dictionary, and get two meaning, for example:
1. coming into sth(influence): She married for money-love didn't come into it.
2. come into sth(money):She came into a bit of money when her grandfather died.

But it seems that these two meanings are not applicable here.

 

[panjandrum]

Come into contact with is fine - this is a familiar, indeed common, collocation.

 

[srta chicken]

Runnery,

"To come into contact" basically means "touch (each other)." You could think of "come into" as "enter into," I suppose.