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  • What Good Is Diversification When Everything Lost Value in '08? [View article]
    "In a perfect world, we'd never see "adverse" used where averse belongs."

    LOL! Also, in such a world we'd never see "comprised of" where "composed of" belongs, or "comprises" where "constitutes" belongs.

    "Comprise" is used in a backwards fashion 90% of the time--which is as bad as using "imply" for "infer." The whole comprises the parts; the parts constitute the whole. The flag comprises the colors red, white, and blue. The flag is composed of the colors red, white, and blue. Red, white, and blue constitute the colors of the flag.

    But not: The flag is comprised of the colors red, white, and blue. "Comprised of" is as grating as "included of." Comprise means "includes, exhaustively"--e.g., the flag includes the three colors named and no others. It's a rare word that beautifully serves its particular purpose: avoiding the need to tack on "in toto" after "includes."
    Jan 06 09:05 am |Rating: +1 -1
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