{"id":73,"date":"2015-07-21T18:56:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T18:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/styleforstudents\/?post_type=chapter&p=73"},"modified":"2015-07-21T18:56:47","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T18:56:47","slug":"complement-compliment","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-hccc-styleforstudents-1\/chapter\/complement-compliment\/","title":{"raw":"Complement \/ Compliment","rendered":"Complement \/ Compliment"},"content":{"raw":"
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\r\n\r\nOne could argue that most writers confuse these terms as an error of spelling rather than usage\u2014all the more reason to distinguish between them carefully and avoid an embarrassing, sloppy habit. The distinction is simple: \u201ccomplement\u201d (note the \u201ce\u201d in the middle) means \u201csomething that completes\u201d; \u201ccompliment\u201d (note the \u201ci\u201d in the middle) means \u201cto express praise\u201d or \u201cthanks to\u201d:\r\n
Jupiter Scientific Publishing Company recently published The Bible According to Einstein: a Scientific Complement to the Holy Bible for the Third Millennium<\/em>.\r\n\r\nThe compliments provided in the \u201cAcknowledgments\u201d section of this manual are provided compliments of the author.<\/blockquote>\r\nSpelling \u201ccomplement\u201d correctly is especially important in fields such as biochemistry, where \u201ccomplement components\u201d and \u201ccomplement pathways\u201d are cited frequently.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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One could argue that most writers confuse these terms as an error of spelling rather than usage\u2014all the more reason to distinguish between them carefully and avoid an embarrassing, sloppy habit. The distinction is simple: \u201ccomplement\u201d (note the \u201ce\u201d in the middle) means \u201csomething that completes\u201d; \u201ccompliment\u201d (note the \u201ci\u201d in the middle) means \u201cto express praise\u201d or \u201cthanks to\u201d:<\/p>\n

Jupiter Scientific Publishing Company recently published The Bible According to Einstein: a Scientific Complement to the Holy Bible for the Third Millennium<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The compliments provided in the \u201cAcknowledgments\u201d section of this manual are provided compliments of the author.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Spelling \u201ccomplement\u201d correctly is especially important in fields such as biochemistry, where \u201ccomplement components\u201d and \u201ccomplement pathways\u201d are cited frequently.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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