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Re:Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who averted nuclear wa... by sulam on Monday September 18, 2017 @09:12AM (#15275527)
s/compromised/comprised/
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Re:Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who averted nuclear wa... by doublecorrect on Monday September 18, 2017 @02:14PM (#15278161)
s/comprised/composed/
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Re:Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who averted nuclear wa... by rl3 on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @04:23AM (#15282703)
Interesting, I never knew that grammatical holy war existed. Learn something new every day.

The original mistake was just an autocorrect error. Some day I'll learn not to write posts from mobile devices.

Also, I noticed you created an account just for this. Assuming it isn't a throwaway, welcome to HN. That's a cool username.

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Re:Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who averted nuclear wa... by zimpenfish on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @04:30AM (#15282731)
Whilst "comprised" is a bit clunky, it's also not wrong in the slightest.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comprise

"The factory was to be a vast installation, comprising fifty buildings" is the same kind of use.

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Re:Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who averted nuclear wa... by sulam on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @11:38AM (#15294949)
FWIW, I assumed autocorrect and wasn't trying to start any wars. :)
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Re:Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who averted nuclear wa... by rl3 on Thursday September 21, 2017 @12:32AM (#15300615)
No offense taken, I even upvoted both corrections.
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