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I read the sentence
The food was complemented with an array of musical bands.
My question has two parts:
Can food be complemented with music?
The difference between complemented by and complemented with. Are both correct? If not what is the difference?
The correct options are:
Difference with AMD is...
Different to ...
Different from...
"Difference with AMD is..." used when stating a characteristic of AMD that is unique or different from other similar objects. No real comparison is being made.
"Different to" and "Different from" are used intentionally to make comparisons, between another similar object, and "AMD". But, if you aren't comparing two things, then the second two options cannot be used. They are used only when comparing.
First, I think I would use the noun dislike.
And then it seems to be a matter of whether you speak British English or talk American English. Compare this NGram for American English:
Interestingly, if you remove the "a strong" from the search terms, you get [as Barrie England points out in his answer and zpletan in his comment], a more pronounced preference for dislike of, especially in British English. If you search for "a dislike of/for", adding the article a, a dislike of is still preferred but only by a slim margin in American English. (I didn't add those graphs, but you can create the NGram using the links provided.)
Compare this NGram of dislike of/for in American English
And this NGram of dislike of/for in British English:
The bottom line is that dislike of is preferred, but both dislike of and dislike for are used, understandable, and mean the same thing. (That is, you are no longer fond of Dubstep.)
Best Answer
It's a passive construction. "Moscato wine complements chocolate" = "Chocolate is complemented by Moscato wine". However, I feel that in the context of your example, there's no intention to convey that the music was chosen to complement the food; the music merely accompanies it.