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sniffnoyWhoops. Looks like I cut off question 22 from Jon/Eve/Jess's version, who have in turn cut off questions 23 and 24 from Ashley's version... who, it appears, *added* question 24 to majorboredom's version. To continue, then:
22. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Well not deliberately, but why not? Assuming it was an English-speaking country, that is.
23. Randomness
Jon DeVogel actually knows stuff about toilets, but not what I need to know. Now he's asking me about my old guitar.
24. What are your pet peeves?
Using "comprise" to mean "compose". "Matrissy". People who assume that everyone has Microsoft Office. HTML email. How the administrators at school have disabled the Windows command prompt (for what little use it has). People who overuse "LOL". Lots more stuff.
-Sniffnoy
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"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in
this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live
in this century."
-Dan Quayle
22. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Well not deliberately, but why not? Assuming it was an English-speaking country, that is.
23. Randomness
Jon DeVogel actually knows stuff about toilets, but not what I need to know. Now he's asking me about my old guitar.
24. What are your pet peeves?
Using "comprise" to mean "compose". "Matrissy". People who assume that everyone has Microsoft Office. HTML email. How the administrators at school have disabled the Windows command prompt (for what little use it has). People who overuse "LOL". Lots more stuff.
-Sniffnoy
--
"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in
this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live
in this century."
-Dan Quayle
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Date: 2004-04-08 07:30 pm (UTC)Also, what's the difference between "comprise" and "compose"?
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Date: 2004-04-08 07:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-08 08:24 pm (UTC)I always thought it was the whole is comprised of the parts.
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Actually, it turns out it can mean both to include/contain and to form/constitute/compose. The history of this according to my dictionary:
"Comprise has had an interesting history of sense development. In addition to its original senses, dating from the 15th century, "to include" and "to consist of" (The United States of America comprises 50 states), comprise has had since the late 18th century the meaning "to form or constitute" (Fifty states comprise the United States of America). Since the late 19th century it has also been used in passive constructions with a sense synonymous with one of its original meanings, "to consist of, be composed of": "The United States of America is comprised of 50 states." These later uses are often criticized, but they occur with increasing frequency even in formal speech and edited writing."
So your prediction was right, albeit a few centuries late. I suppose this also means comprise is its own antonym. Does that make it the 0 element of the english language? Or would it be the 1 element? Is it in fact identical to all other such identities?
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Date: 2004-04-09 11:20 am (UTC)OK... time to stop complaining about "comprise" then.
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Date: 2004-04-08 08:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-09 12:06 pm (UTC)