Which course of action most improves the following sentence?
"The committee constitutes eleven persons from departments throughout the company."
A)Change persons to people
B)Change constitutes to comprises
C)Change committee to commitee
D)Remove the word departments

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The sentence is most improved by changing constitutes to comprises. To comprise is to be made up of; for example, the US comprises 50 states. You could say that eleven people, or persons, constitute a new committee, but the committee cannot constitute people.

Which Course of Action Most Improves the Following Sentence