http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3191.21962)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CompetitionVsContest/gcnrl/post.htm#514720Sat, 17 May 2008 06:32:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514720CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/CompetitionVsContest/gcnrl/post.htm#514720http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514720.xml<BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>New2grammar</strong></div><div>Can I replace competition with contest in general? Are they interchangable?</div></BLOCKQUOTE> No.&nbsp; <i>competition</i> can be used as a noncount noun; <i>contest</i> cannot.</p><p><i>Our firm expects a lot of competition from several others in introducing this new product on the market.&nbsp;</i> (<i>contest</i> absolutely cannot substitute for <i>competition</i> here.)<br /></p><p>To my mind, <i>contest</i> connotes a more trivial kind of competition with a prize to the winner at the end.&nbsp; Sometimes just sending in a coupon for a random drawing is called &#39;entering a contest&#39;.</p><p>CJ&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CompetitionVsContest/gcmqp/post.htmSat, 17 May 2008 05:13:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514707New2grammar1http://www.englishforums.com/English/CompetitionVsContest/gcmqp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514707.xmlHowever, in weightlifting competitions like the Olympics, to press a weight on a barbell means to lift it first to shoulder level, and then to push (press) it up above your head to arms&#39; length.</p> <p>Can I replace competition with contest in general? Are they interchangable?<br /></p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p>&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>