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These two words so often get mixed up that it has almost <\/em>become acceptable to use them interchangeably. Just the other day, I saw an incorrect usage of comprise<\/em> on a well-respected university’s website. I had to make sure that I <\/em>wasn’t the one who got them mixed up and went and looked it up. Sure enough, the university had used the incorrect phrase comprise of<\/em>.<\/p>\n

*Need to use my red pen intensifies*<\/p>\n

Needless to say, marking up my computer screen didn’t do any good. So I thought I’d write a blog post about it in case anyone needed the same type of clarification I did.<\/p>\n

The difference between comprise vs. compose<\/span><\/h3>\n
Compose<\/span><\/h6>\n

Something can be composed of<\/em> separate elements. For instance: “Wikipedia<\/em> is composed of articles by many different volunteers” or “Contributions from 15 volunteers may compose one Wikipedia<\/em> article.”<\/p>\n

Comprise<\/span><\/h6>\n

Something comprises, or consists of, separate elements. “Wikipedia<\/em> comprises articles from many different volunteers.”<\/p>\n

Another way to think of this is that a whole is comprised of parts – and parts compose a whole.<\/p>\n

An excellent, very short explanation (but more complete than what I’ve given) can be found in The Columbian Guide to Standard American English<\/a>. Take a peek!<\/p>\n

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