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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pardon the interruption for a pedantic side note (my new mission is to correct this very common mistake): gen xers with new kids COMPRISE this forum, but the forum is COMPOSED of gen xers with new kids.

I am late gen X, 50, and dear god, I hope I would hope not to be a new parent at this age:-)[/quote]

I don't know where this shibboleth comes from, but it's wrong.

OED, comprise, v, sense 8c "passive. To be composed of, to consist of."

1874   Art of Paper-Making ii. 10   Thirds, or Mixed, are comprised of either or both of the above.
1928   Daily Tel. 17 July 10/7   The voluntary boards of management, comprised..of very zealous and able laymen.
1964   E. Palmer tr. A. Martinet Elements Gen. Linguistics i. 28   Many of these words are comprised of monemes.
1970   Nature 27 June 1206/2   Internally, the chloroplast is comprised of a system of flattened membrane sacs.

[GenX, 47, one thirteen year old, and I would not that my family were comprised of new babes at this advanced age.][/quote]

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