contrasting

[bieasy]

Hi,

Is he following passage correct? Otherwise, can you correct it, pease?

"...the semi-arid vegetation is contrasting with the green metropolitan vegetation."

[SoothingDave]

It could be correct. Knowing the entire sentence in context would help.

[emsr2d2]

Hi,

Is the following passage correct? Otherwise, If not, can you correct it please?

"...the semi-arid vegetation is contrasting with the green metropolitan vegetation."

As SoothingDave said, we need the context and the full sentence in order to answer the question. In the meantime, I have made some corrections to the rest of your post (in red).

[Tdol]

Is there any particular reason to use the progressive form rather than the simple (contrasts)?

[bieasy]

No. But here is the full paragraph:

We the take BR 406 highway and we move away from the coast, heading northwestward across the countryside, a region named the “Sertão” which means the “northeastern desert”, where the semi-arid vegetation is contrasting with the green metropolitan vegetation.

[Barb_D]

Unless you can see the green metropolitan vegetation at the same time, then don't use the present progressive.
"Where the semi-arid vegetation forms a sharp contrast to the green metropolitan vegetation behind us," or something like that.

[bieasy]

Thank you. Would "contrast with" instead of "contrast to" be wrong? And what about "

heading northwestward across the countryside

", is that correct?

[SoothingDave]

"Metropolitan vegetation" is a phrase I never thought I would read.

[bieasy]

And how do you name the trees, the grass, the bushes in the neighborhood a city? the vegetation of the metropolitan area?