Writing for Business - A Whatis.com Blog » comply with or comply to http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business Is your grammar as good as your code? Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Do you have to comply to that or conform to it? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/do-you-have-to-comply-to-that-or-conform-to-it/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/do-you-have-to-comply-to-that-or-conform-to-it/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:51:53 +0000 Ivy Wigmore http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/do-you-have-to-comply-to-that-or-conform-to-it/ Which is correct?
Manufacturers that sell their products internationally have to ______ to ITAR stipulations.
a. comply
b. conform


Answer: b.

Explanation:
To comply is to be in accordance, to conform is to adapt. So you comply with something, just as you would be in accordance with something, and you conform to something, just as you would adapt to it.

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