Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Man makes it a mission to eliminate 'comprised of' from Wikipedia

Well, this is dedication: One Man’s Quest to Rid Wikipedia of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake

And here is his article on Wikipedia discussing why 'comprised of' is abominable: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Giraffedata/comprised_of
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  1. Anne CurzanFebruary 15, 2015 at 3:37 PM

    I love it that Bryan Henderson has committed himself to this project! Here is Geoff Pullum's response to the story:

    http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2015/02/11/comprise-yourself/

    You'll see Pullum expressing his own linguistic preferences but trying to balance that with a judicious sense of acceptability vs. personal preference. (Or at least that is how I read it!)

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