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Title: Comprised of or Composed of?
Post by: costargh on November 26, 2008, 04:33:14 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Giraffedata/comprised_of

What do you think? I have gotten into the habit of saying that something is comprised of ....

hmmm
Thoughts?

Title: Re: Comprised of or Composed of?
Post by: clinton_09 on November 26, 2008, 04:37:12 pm

yeh same, i use comprised of rather than composed of

Title: Re: Comprised of or Composed of?
Post by: dekoyl on November 26, 2008, 04:40:38 pm

I say composed of. I don't think I've ever used comprised of but then again, my English isn't the best.

Edit: Wow I feel left out. I didn't know the majority used comprised.  ???

Title: Re: Comprised of or Composed of?
Post by: RD on November 26, 2008, 04:47:01 pm

I use comprised of also.

Title: Re: Comprised of or Composed of?
Post by: shinny on November 26, 2008, 04:50:53 pm

I use both, but usually comprise. Either's fine though, doesn't really matter.

Title: Re: Comprised of or Composed of?
Post by: xox.happy1.xox on November 26, 2008, 05:44:08 pm

Yeah, comprised of for me as well.

Title: Re: Comprised of or Composed of?
Post by: ninwa on November 28, 2008, 11:49:34 am

Quote from: shinjitsuzx on November 26, 2008, 04:50:53 pm

I use both, but usually comprise.

yeah I use comprise ... comprise of just sounds wrong to me

Title: Re: Comprised of or Composed of?
Post by: xox.happy1.xox on November 28, 2008, 02:49:23 pm

Quote from: ninwa on November 28, 2008, 11:49:34 am

Quote from: shinjitsuzx on November 26, 2008, 04:50:53 pm

I use both, but usually comprise.

yeah I use comprise ... comprise of just sounds wrong to me

Do you mean 'composed of' sounds wrong to you? :P

Title: Re: Comprised of or Composed of?
Post by: ninwa on November 28, 2008, 04:12:00 pm

No no I meant I use composed of, and comprised. Comprised of sounds wrong :P

Title: Re: Comprised of or Composed of?
Post by: Eriny on November 28, 2008, 04:31:07 pm

I like "has".

Aren't 'comprised of' and 'composed of' slightly different though? I wouldn't personally use them interchangeably. Like, 'the composition of the water is two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen' as opposed to 'The company is comprised of franchisees, sales staff and managers.'

Comprised is more 'included', 'composed' is more 'made up by', but that's just my feeling on the matter. I don't know very much about this stuff. The words are clearly at least synonyms.

Title: Re: Comprised of or Composed of?
Post by: jess3254 on November 28, 2008, 05:37:01 pm

I'm quite confused now and don't really understand the difference :P

Title: Re: Comprised of or Composed of?
Post by: delta_rox on November 29, 2008, 10:56:09 pm

I definitely use comprised but if I was to use composed, I would say "a composition of..."

Title: Re: Comprised of or Composed of?
Post by: xox.happy1.xox on November 30, 2008, 10:36:16 pm

I just don't like 'composed of' altogether.

Title: Re: Comprised of or Composed of?
Post by: Glockmeister on December 02, 2008, 01:39:52 am

Quote from: Eriny on November 28, 2008, 04:31:07 pm

I like "has".

Aren't 'comprised of' and 'composed of' slightly different though? I wouldn't personally use them interchangeably. Like, 'the composition of the water is two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen' as opposed to 'The company is comprised of franchisees, sales staff and managers.'

Comprised is more 'included', 'composed' is more 'made up by', but that's just my feeling on the matter. I don't know very much about this stuff. The words are clearly at least synonyms.

Well we can say water comprises of two elements, hydrogen and oxygen with no real problems in my opinion