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::::::I explained it above, but to repeat... Your argument(s) come down to, "I'm sure 'comprised' and 'composed' mean these things..." There's fair amounts of opinion in that. "Could '''of'''" is plain and simple badly written English, in the same way that "I to agree" or "I see to cats and three dogs" are badly written English. PERIOD. These things are not the same, and not even "similar" in any worthwhile way. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 15:22, 5 October 2015 (UTC) | ::::::I explained it above, but to repeat... Your argument(s) come down to, "I'm sure 'comprised' and 'composed' mean these things..." There's fair amounts of opinion in that. "Could '''of'''" is plain and simple badly written English, in the same way that "I to agree" or "I see to cats and three dogs" are badly written English. PERIOD. These things are not the same, and not even "similar" in any worthwhile way. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 15:22, 5 October 2015 (UTC) | ||
:::::::You haven't given any reason to suggest that "comprised of" is actually correct and you didn't argue against my point that the usage notes on the two dictionaries suggest that it isn't widely accepted and is therefore inappropriate on an encyclopaedia. "On what did you stand?" is better written English than "What did you stand on?" as it doesn't end with a preposition yet many people would use the latter as opposed to the former it doesn't then mean that we should then use the latter it's the same with "comprised of" just because some people use it, it doesn't make it appropriate for an encyclopaedia.[[User:Ratchet and Clank 1995|Ratchet and Clank 1995]] ([[User talk:Ratchet and Clank 1995|talk]]) 15:41, 5 October 2015 (UTC) | :::::::You haven't given any reason to suggest that "comprised of" is actually correct and you didn't argue against my point that the usage notes on the two dictionaries suggest that it isn't widely accepted and is therefore inappropriate on an encyclopaedia. "On what did you stand?" is better written English than "What did you stand on?" as it doesn't end with a preposition yet many people would use the latter as opposed to the former it doesn't then mean that we should then use the latter it's the same with "comprised of" just because some people use it, it doesn't make it appropriate for an encyclopaedia.[[User:Ratchet and Clank 1995|Ratchet and Clank 1995]] ([[User talk:Ratchet and Clank 1995|talk]]) 15:41, 5 October 2015 (UTC) | ||
::::::::The "rule" of not ending with a preposition is utter [self-censored], as far as I'm concerned. The "right" way almost always sounds terrible. | |||
::::::::A "proscription" does not mean a thing is wrong, only that self-important people think it is. (Yes, labeling them self-important is perhaps a little unfair. What I mean is, no one ''actually'' has any sort of "authority" over a language.) [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 15:59, 5 October 2015 (UTC) | |||