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Re: Comprise vs Consists Of ?

Subject: Re: Comprise vs Consists Of ?
From: "Peter Neilson" <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:12:54 -0400

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:30:35 -0400, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:

Just because words are plain English doesn't mean the average reader will understand them.

I try to avoid using my "three Cs list" (consist, comprise, compose unless talking about music), because there's always somebody who won't get them right.

Or plain Latin, e.g. "i.e." "verb. sap." etc.

I loathe hearing the spoken "etc.":
- Eck settera
- Eck settera and eck settera and eck settera
- And et settera and et settera.
- Ett-see

Eschew obfuscatory and Latinate pomposity!
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References:
Comprise vs Consists Of ?: From: Greg Brown
Re: Comprise vs Consists Of ?: From: Gene Kim-Eng

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