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Might I ask what your beef with the word "comprised" is about? It means the same thing as composed. <small>[[User:Glik|glik]]</small><sup>[[User talk:Glik|glak]]</sup> 22:16, 30 May 2015 (UTC) | Might I ask what your beef with the word "comprised" is about? It means the same thing as composed. <small>[[User:Glik|glik]]</small><sup>[[User talk:Glik|glak]]</sup> 22:16, 30 May 2015 (UTC) | ||
:: ''Composed of'' means "made up of" while ''comprises'' means "contains." So writing that something is "comprised of..." is basically writing "contains of..." So in proper grammar, one should never write "comprised of." I'm really sorry about all my editing of it; it's one of my OCD | |||
quirks (/my grammar teacher really drilled it into me things) that I have a lot of trouble ignoring. If I need to cool off about editing all of them, just let me know and I'd be happy to!--[[User:ShinyGiratina|ShinyGiratina]] ([[User talk:ShinyGiratina|talk]]) 23:03, 30 May 2015 (UTC) | |||