Friday, May 24, 2013

Your Grammar Nazi

I may be the last holdout on this one, but I don't care: "comprised of" is illiterate nonsense.


Firedoglake:
10% of Jordan’s population is now comprised of Syrian refugees.
No. Wrong.

"Syrian refugees now comprise 10 percent of Jordan's population."

The parts comprise the whole.  The whole is never "comprised of" its parts.

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