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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by fauxpause_ on Saturday May 06, 2023 @11:54AM (#35842578)
I only think it did in the past though.
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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by pastacacioepepe on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:57PM (#35843734)
Then it should have been "This post comprised good points."

The "is" shouldn't be there. I might be wrong tho, I'm not a native speaker.

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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by ghaff on Saturday May 06, 2023 @03:06PM (#35844406)
"This post is comprised of good points" is probably technically grammatical but it's an awful sentence. "This post made good points" works better. Better still would be getting more specific.
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