Multiple choice

Directions: Find the statement where the given word hasn't been used correctly.
Comprise

  1. Women comprise more than half the country's population.

  2. The three American divisions comprised General Truscott's VIth Corps.

  3. The league comprises fourteen teams all told.

  4. The complete set of reference books comprises six volumes.

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B Correct answer
Explanation

'Comprise' as used in (1), (2) and (4) means to consist of or composed of. But 'comprise' in (4) is incorrect as there is a general rule - a whole comprises its parts (not the other way around). The correct sentence would be to replace it with 'constituted'. 'Comprise' in (3) means to be made up of. Hence, (2) is the incorrect usage of comprise and it is the answer.

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