From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:16:52 GMT
Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.30.0-rc2
Message-ID: <5fe4b0e45fb85_19c9208c8@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <00ed01d6da03$f8928fc0$e9b7af40$@nexbridge.com>

Randall S. Becker wrote:
> On December 24, 2020 1:36 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> > 
> > > Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > >> Most of the suggestions below are found by GMail.
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 12:08 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> A release candidate Git v2.30.0-rc2 is now available for testing at
> > >>> the usual places.  It is comprised of 19 non-merge commits since
> > >>
> > >> Maybe: s/is comprised of/comprises/
> > >
> > > Funny.
> > >
> > > I do recall somebody else (perhaps Peff but I may be misremembering)
> > > helped me grammofixing the use of verb "comprise" in the sentence when
> > > I started listing the names of commit authors back in v2.3.3 or
> > > v2.4.0 era.  Perhaps I failed to follow the advice given?  I dunno.
> 
> NonStop test cycle in progress on both platforms.
> 
> And "comprises" is considered correct as the present tense according to
> Merriam-Webster. "Is comprised of" is more formal and tends to get edited
> down to "comprises" by current grammar checkers to reduce use of the passive
> form of verbs that pervades technical documents and thesis papers.

Techically it's wrong [1]:

"The whole comprises the parts; thus is comprised of is wrong."

But many people use it, so it's not *that* wrong.

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/can-you-use-comprised-of-grammar

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Felipe Contreras