I wouldn't answer any question that included the words 'is comprised of'.
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.why?
Was there anything in that that hasn't been said already in this thread?
Was there anything in that that hasn't been said already in this thread?
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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