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Tony Robert Leo
difference for "constitute" and "consist and conprise
Oct 5, 2012 12:22 PM
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Bricks constitute a wall. A wall is constituted of bricks.
A wall consists of bricks.
Bricks comprise a wall. A wall is comprised of bricks.
Also, A wall is composed of bricks. You can correctly say that bricks compose a wall, but the listener will first think of "compose" as writing music, and will get confused.
October 9, 2012
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Tony Robert Leo
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