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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by arrowsmith on Saturday May 06, 2023 @02:04PM (#35843782)
> If you left out either of "ne" or "pas" in such a construction, people would either laugh, or assume you were some kind of primitive language generator.

Isn't it common to drop the "ne" in colloquial speech?

Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by umanwizard on Saturday May 06, 2023 @04:30PM (#35845117)
“Common” is an understatement. It’s practically universal. You will sound weird if you systematically include “ne”, like you learned to speak by reading books and have never communicated with a real person.