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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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"Ten members constitute the committee"?

"The committee consists of ten members" sounds okay, right? Then what about this one: "Ten members constitute the committee"? Does this one sound ok, too?

  

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anonymous "The committee consists of ten members" sounds okay, right? Right. anonymous Then what about this one: "Ten members constitute the committee"?

— Anonymous

  • anonymous "The committee consists of ten members" sounds okay, right?
  • Right.
  • anonymous Then what about this one: "Ten members constitute the committee"?
  • Does this one sound ok, too?
  • Not so much.
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anonymous"The committee consists of ten members" sounds okay, right?

Right.

anonymousThen what about this one: "Ten members constitute the committee"? Does this one sound ok, too?

Not so much. It puts the cart before the horse because they can't be members until they have constituted it. "The men who constitute the

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