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Oh, the inhumanity! Oh, the opprobrium! Definitely goes on the list.
Comprise is often misused in place of compose. Comprise means to be composed of, or to contain/embrace -- so to use an example from the American Heritage (fourth edition, quotes from bartleby.com): "The traditional rule states that the whole comprises the parts and the parts compose the whole. In strict usage: The Union comprises 50 states. Fifty states compose (or constitute or make up) the Union."
I haven't heard that one blundered. How have you heard people misusing 'comprise'?
How about comprise?
I would rather go down in history as someone who "gained ironic status"...
Hi, pamelad. I work in the computer world and study the history and psychology of religion as a side interest. So, yeah, I see icons too. Everywhere. But do you find that people use this word to mean something other than what it is?
icon
I'm sick of icons and things that are iconic. Icons are everywhere.