[Grammar] I have composed articles drawing from a number of press releases

[kadioguy]

[...] In my business life I have composed articles drawing from a number of press releases and it is very easy to switch tense when you start a paragraph that draws on a different source document. As people were paying to read my prose I submitted it to a proof reader to find those errors; I don't think that the author of your document bothered.

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/...several-bugs?p=1627880&viewfull=1#post1627880

1. Can the following explanation be applied to the blue part?

draw
v.intr.

[...]

(8) To use or call upon part of a fund or supply:

drawing on an account; drew from the experience of fellow workers.

https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=draw

2. According to the example uses in the dictionary above, I think that (a) and (b) can be both used and mean the same. Am I right?

a. In my business life I have composed articles drawing from a number of press releases.

b. In my business life I have composed articles drawing on a number of press releases.

 

[tzfujimino]

To draw from means this:
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/draw-from#drawfrom2_e

I don't think PeterCW meant to use "drawing on" in that sentence.

 

[probus]

In this context I see very little or no difference between drawing from and drawing on.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

To draw from means this:
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/draw-from#drawfrom2_e

I don't think PeterCW meant to use "drawing on" in that sentence.

You're right that he chose the word he wanted. Using "on" would also be fine.

Kaddio: Yes, they're both correct and natural and mean the same thing.

 

[kadioguy]

To draw from means this:
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/draw-from#drawfrom2_e

draw from
phrasal verb

draw something from somebody/something
​to take or obtain something from a particular source

to draw support/comfort/strength from your family
She drew her inspiration from her childhood experiences.
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As you can see, in this phrasal verb we need an object for "draw", which is missing in PeterCW's sentence. So I don't think that PeterCW used the "draw from" as a phrasal verb like this. I would say that he used it like the pattern in the dictionary in post #1.

 

[tzfujimino]

I understand the sentence using "drawing on" makes sense, but to "draw on" basically means to "use" in that context, doesn't it? It doesn't convey the idea of "taking/obtain something from", does it?

I hope you will understand what I mean.

 

[tzfujimino]

I did some research here before I made my previous post:

https://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?hardm=1&0&l=0&p=5&q=drawing+from

 

[kadioguy]

I understand the sentence using "drawing on" makes sense, but to "draw on" basically means to "use" in that context, doesn't it? It doesn't convey the idea of "taking/obtain something from", does it?

"Draw on" can mean to use (information, experience, knowledge, etc.) to make something. I see little difference in PeterCW's case between that and "taking/obtain something from".
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draw on/upon (something)

a : to use (something) as a source or supply
The family is drawing on/upon the community for support.

b : to use (information, experience, knowledge, etc.) to make something

Her new book draws on her personal experience as a firefighter.
The report draws upon several recent studies.

https://learnersdictionary.com/definition/draw on

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I understand the sentence using "drawing on" makes sense, but to "draw on" basically means to "use" in that context, doesn't it? It doesn't convey the idea of "taking/obtain something from", does it?

I hope you will understand what I mean.

It sort of means use, but a more exact meaning is take. When you draw water from a well, you take water from it. When you draw a card from a deck, you take a card. When you draw money from your bank account, you take it.