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Using the phrases "comprised of" or "comprise of" is a common error. Many people get its usage mixed up with the words "compose" or "consist," which are similar. The proper way to use the word is "comprise." It is correct to use a different word and ... Examples of Incorrect and Correct Usage of the Word "Comprise"
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The usage question that surrounds the proper use of comprise has been pervasive throughout the century; almost every usage guide has devoted space to it. (Compose itself is not at issue here; the problem is the use of comprise in the sense 'compose'.)
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Dictionary Home » Webster's New World College Dictionary » comprise ... to make up; form; constitute: in this sense still regarded by a few as a loose usage a nation comprised of thirteen states...
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Had the text read, "Two grids comprise Figure 1," then we certainly would have been using comprise incorrectly. As is, however, the usage seems acceptable to me. Can you be more precise about your complaint with the usage?
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Had the text read, "Two grids comprise Figure 1," then we certainly would have been using comprise incorrectly. As is, however, the usage seems acceptable to me. Can you be more precise about your complaint with the usage?
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However, a passive use of comprise is becoming part of standard English: this use (as in the country is comprised of twenty states) is more or less synonymous with the traditional active sense (as in the country comprises twenty states).
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Traditionally, the whole always comprised the parts, but in contemporary usage "comprise" has come to mean both "to include or be made up of" and "to constitute or compose." For the sake of clarity, drafters should avoid using this Janus-faced term and instead use words that are more readily understood:
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Definition of comprise in the AudioEnglish.net Dictionary. Meaning of comprise. What does comprise mean? Proper usage and pronunciation (in phonetic transcription) of the word comprise. Information about comprise in the AudioEnglish.net dictionary, synonyms and antonyms. ... • COMPRISE (verb); The verb COMPRISE has 3 senses:
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compose / comprise; comprehensible comprehensive ; confident / confidante/ confident; congenial / congenital; contact; contemptible / contemptuous; convince / persuade; couple / pair; credible / creditable / credulous; ... English Usage...
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