Is it "comprising" or "comprising of"?

Question

Please see the sentence below

The signing ceremony of MoU between Cimahi administration and PROM Project was attended by more than 80 invitees COMPRISING OF officials from Cimahi administration, association of businessmen, NGOs, community organizations, and many parties who are personally interested in attending the event.

Answer 1

Hi Misterious,

It should be either,

....more than 80 invitees comprising officials... (leave 'of' off), or
....more than 80 invitees comprised of officials from....

Also, would 'guests' be a better choice?
Good Luck!

Answer 2

Comprising

Answer 3

Actually, neither is correct. The correct usage is to say that the parts comprise the whole, not that the whole comprises the partts.

You should say X, Y and Z comprise the invitees. Many people say "Is comprised of X, Y and Z" -- but despite its popular usage, it is actually using the word backwards.

Instead, you can say "The invitees are composed of X, Y and Z."
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Above someone gave an example of "The united states comprises 50 states." While that has become common usage, the "correct" use would be to say "Fifty states comprise the United States." But you NEVER hear anyone use it that way. That is why I never use the word 'comprise." irefuse to use it incorrectly, and everyone thinks I use it incorrectly when I use it the right way.

Answer 4

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Is it "comprising" or "comprising of"?
Please see the sentence below The signing ceremony of MoU between Cimahi administration and PROM Project was attended by more than 80 invitees COMPRISING OF officials from Cimahi administration, association of businessmen, NGOs, community organizations, and many parties who are personally...

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Is it "comprising" or "comprising of"?
Please see the sentence below

The signing ceremony of MoU between Cimahi administration and PROM Project was attended by more than 80 invitees COMPRISING OF officials from Cimahi administration, association of businessmen, NGOs, community organizations, and many parties who are personally...

Answer 6

The verb comprise does not require "of" following it. Thus, "80 invitees comprising officials from ...."

Scott F is correct and the nincompoop is absoluteao. "Comprise" is generally ungrammatical when followed by "of". "The solar system used to comprise nine planets, now it only comprises eight planets."

Taranto mentions the other option for "comprise", "Eight planets comprise the solar system", but he is incorrect in asserting that "The solar system comprises eight planets" is not correct. BOTH orders are correct in formal English. But in neither order is "of" grammatically correct.

EDIT: I always find it amazing how few people read the other answers before posting their incorrect information. I repeat, "comprised of" is ALWAYS ungrammatical and incorrect and wrong.

Answer 7

Comprise means is made up of or consists of. The whole comprise the parts.
Compose means make up or make. The parts compose the whole.
Thus,Incorrect- The rock is comprised of 3 minerals. Correct - the rock is composed of 3 minerals. Correct- the rock comprises three minerals. Correct- three minerals compose the rocks. If you are confused, just say the rock is made up of 3 minerals or 3 minerals make up the rock. .............
..........was attended by more than 80 people,composed of officials...........
.............or 80 people, made up of officials...
In this case, the use of the word comprising of or comprised of is not appropriate.

Answer 8

"Comprising" -- it means "embracing" or "containing," but it's all-encompassing. For example, "The Roman alphabet comprises 26 letters," "The United States comprises 50 states," etc.

"Comprised of" signifies that there's a nincompoop at the keyboard.

Answer 9

Shouldn't it be COMPRISED OF????

........attended by more than 80 invitees COMPRISED OF officials from THE Cimahi administration........................................

Also, is INVITEES an actual word????

Answer 10

it's actually "Comprised of"

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