Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of”
by naniwaduni on Saturday May 06, 2023 @11:23AM
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The (expected) face-value meaning of "comprised of" is usually best substituted by "part of": All Gaul comprises three parts -> Three parts are comprised of all Gaul.
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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of”
by jfk13 on Saturday May 06, 2023 @11:32AM
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> All Gaul comprises three parts -> Three parts are comprised of all Gaul.
No, that doesn't work.
You could, however, say "Gaul is comprised of three parts".
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/cw-comprise-comprised...
Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of”
by naniwaduni on Saturday May 06, 2023 @11:38AM
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No, I know, I'm saying that the expected, compositional, interpretation of the phrase (a) exists and (b) is just a slightly archaic passive, and it would still be perfectly cromulent, just backward.
Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of”
by jameshart on Saturday May 06, 2023 @11:55AM
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Passive voice is formed with the word ‘by’ not ‘of’.
The verb ‘to comprise of’ can exist and have a different meaning that ‘to comprise’ or its passive ‘to be comprised by’ - and have a different passive (to be comprised of).
Like, the verbs ‘smell’ and ‘smell of’ do not mean the same thing, nor is one the passive of the other.
- I smell roses - roses are smelled by me - I smell of roses - roses are smelled of by me
Four very different meanings.