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?)
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)
To: grobdriver
I hate that there's no two syllable word for “dirty,lying,thieving,amoral Maoist Democrat”.
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”
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