Built up over millennia, Bermuda' distinctive

[Freeguy]

Built up over millennia, Bermuda' distinctive shape is actually ...... , and is comprised of 181 islands.
1. an atoll
2. an archipelago
3. a lagoon
4. a reef

 

[5jj]

I wouldn't answer any question that included the words 'is comprised of'.

 

[Freeguy]

I wouldn't answer any question that included the words 'is comprised of'.

why?

 

[5jj]

why?

The traditional rule states that the whole comprises the parts and the parts compose the whole. In strict usage: The Union comprises 50 states. Fifty states compose (or constitute or make up) the Union. Even though careful writers often maintain this distinction, comprise is increasingly used in place of compose, especially in the passive: The Union is comprised of 50 states. Our surveys show that opposition to this usage is abating. In the 1960s, 53 percent of the Usage Panel found this usage unacceptable; in 1996, only 35 percent objected.

Dictionary - Yahoo! Education

I am in the minority, but my opposition is not abating.

 

[Freeguy]

Can you say the correct form and the answer of this test?

 

[Rover_KE]

You need to google a glossary of geographical terms.

 

[5jj]

Not a geographer

It appears to be an atoll.

 

[Freeguy]

comprise - Definition from Longman English Dictionary Online

 

[5jj]

comprise - Definition from Longman English Dictionary Online

Was there anything in that that hasn't been said already in this thread?

 

[Freeguy]

Was there anything in that that hasn't been said already in this thread?

I just confirmed your claim.

 

[5jj]

I didn't claim anything.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Built up over millennia, Bermuda' distinctive shape is actually ...... , and is comprised of 181 islands.
1. an atoll
2. an archipelago
3. a lagoon
4. a reef


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I believe that Bermuda would be classified as an "archipelago". And I agree with 5jj about "is comprised of".