get in touch/get in contact

[nigele2]

One of my students offered the following:

[FONT=&quot]I couldn't get in touch with you all week! Where have you been?

as part of an upper intermediate/advanced placement course, This was rejected, the correct answer offered being:

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]I couldn't get in contact with you all week! Where have you been?[/FONT][FONT=&quot]

Any one any thoughts on why the first may not be correct and how one could explain the reason why?

Many thanks in anticipation[/FONT]

 

[emsr2d2]

There's nothing wrong with the first. I can only assume that the test was written by a non-native speaker who was not aware of the perfectly correct use of "in touch".

 

[nigele2]

That was my thought but the reason I questioned myself was the origin is a major and prestigious publisher based in the UK. Guess nothing is perfect.

Many thanks for the confirmation. It is appreciated by my student and myself.

 

[Rover_KE]

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