Help...(on the writing section)

Test Preparation
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<p>Test one, section 7 of the CB Blue Book:</p>

<li>(Quick to) (take advantage) of Melanie Johnson’s (preoccupation in) the history of the Johnson family, the genealogist proposed investigating (that) history - for a large fee. (No error)</li>
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<p>Error occurs in (preoccupation in). Would it be preoccupation “of”?</p>

<li>(Contrasting with) (most other) fifeenth-century rulers, Portuguese kings (could count on) the support of the aristocracy (in any) overseas ventures. (No error)</li>
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<p>Error occurs in (Contrasting with). How would I correct this?</p>

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<li>I think its "preoccupation with"</li>
<li>"In contrast with"</li>
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<p>(Both just guesses - I don't have any explanations book)</p>

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<p>So it's never "Contrasting with"?</p>

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<p>yeah i think it would have to be "in contrast with" because think about it... you would never say "comparing with".... you'd say "compared to" or "in comparison with"</p>

<p>just what I think</p>

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<p>Both "contrasting with" and "contrasting to" are the correct forms:
<a href="http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/c/c0608400.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/c/c0608400.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.allwords.com/word-in%20contrast%20to%20something.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.allwords.com/word-in%20contrast%20to%20something.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Spot them both in
<a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/msnd/themes.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/msnd/themes.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Words endING with the "ing" are often raisING red flags on SAT.</p>

<p>tanman is right: if you can't logically find an error, go with your gut feeling (if you are experiencING it when tryING answerING a question, that is).</p>

<p>There is a grammatical explanation though to why
"Contrasting with" is an error here.</p>