Thursday, 4 February 2016

"compliment" versus "complement"

 Thursday, February 4, 2016

 Perhaps you don't know that there is a difference between "compliment" and "complement". As nouns, let me analyse them. These are two different words, please! CAUTION: The word "compliment" is a greeting or salutation. e.g. Compliment of the season (not "complement"). The young police officer gave a compliment to the IGP, during the parade (not "complement") Conversely, the word "complement" means a part of something; a completion; the rest of something. e.g. That serves as the complement of the sentence (not "compliment") Do you now understand?

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