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To: PeteePie
“Comprising of” – should be “com­pris­ing” or “com­prised of.”

Dave commits one of my own pet peeves.
Comprise: "consist of; be made up of."

"Comprised of" is redundant - that would be simply, "comprised" or "comprises" or "composed of", if you just have to use the word "of".

2 posted on 09/08/2014 6:35:42 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: grobdriver
Good catch. Compromised used in a sentence: "Like the country itself, our once rich language has been compromised like a whore."
4 posted on 09/08/2014 6:41:13 AM PDT by PeteePie (Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: grobdriver
I hate that there's no two syllable word for “dirty,lying,thieving,amoral Maoist Democrat”.
48 posted on 09/08/2014 7:11:46 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: grobdriver

People who misuse I/me (trying to sound “proper”): “Mary took a picture of John and I”...”William went with Susan and I to the store”


90 posted on 09/08/2014 7:39:47 AM PDT by Wildcat Stevens
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