RE: Comprise vs Consists Of ?

[Fred Ridder <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

Agree. And to make maters worse, if you *do* use "comprise" correctly, the majority of your readers will think that you are in error. Long ago I got tired of trying to explain *politely* to my document reviewers that they had it backwards, and now always use a different word.
 
-Fred Ridder
 

> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:58:50 +0000
> From: mattgras -at- comcast -dot- net
> To: greg -dot- brown -at- pronto -dot- com -dot- au
> Subject: Re: Comprise vs Consists Of ?
> CC: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> 
> Avoid "comprise." Virtually no one gets it right. 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Brown" <greg -dot- brown -at- pronto -dot- com -dot- au> 
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:59:02 AM 
> Subject: Comprise vs Consists Of ? 
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> Raised this one with my team as I thought that it was being used incorrectly in a few places in our materials. 
> I understand that ‘Comprise’ should be used when you are describing that ‘the individual parts comprise the whole’ and ‘Consists of’ in the situation that ‘the whole consists of the parts’. 
> Am I correct there? 
> A discussion on this and there still wasn’t clear consensus in the group. 
> Additionally, is it plain English anyway and would you try and avoid them completely? 
> 
> Cheers, 
> Greg 
> 
> 
> Greg Brown - TCT Manager 
> Pronto Software Pty Ltd 
 		 	   		  
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