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Poster: higher than high
Subject: RE: Some common departures from STANDARD ENGLISH
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picking nits wrote:

“Comprise” is a synonym of “include,” but is misused so frequently (including by the Supreme Court) that your best bet is not to use the word at all.



How is it misused? I often use it as a synonym of "composed" or "made up of". Are you saying that is wrong? Here are the top three Google searches for "definition comprise" and they all say that meaning is correct.

http://www.wordreference.com/definition/comprise
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/comprise
http://dict.die.net/comprise/
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