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Chocolate

07:48

No one's here!

Where has everyone gone?

This is still the main chat room, right?

3 hours later…

Jasper van Looij

10:58

@Chocolate Yes, but it is often empty.

CowperKettle

> Make Greenland green again!

New Meta Question

Q: Why don't mods delete this comment?

I flagged this comment in Japanese because the comment is written in Japanese, but no moderators deleted so far. Isn't this against the answers to this question? Or is it because the writer is a mod of Japanese SE? Thanks.

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Paṇḍyā

Why do some pronounce Z as Zee and 0 (Zero) as O?

ColleenV

11:42

@CowperKettle I think the world is already working pretty hard on that with all of the carbon we’re putting into the atmosphere!

Chocolate

12:21

@NewMetaQuestion hee

So my comment was flagged and deleted

I should have posted it in English.. sorry

Since he says "what I am looking for currently and pinpointing is some word -something - forum"

I just tried to help

Probably the forum that I linked to there was not what he was looking for

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ColleenV

15:52

@Chocolate Please do post only in English. Even if the author of a post could understand what you’ve written, the rest of the community may not be able to, which makes it difficult for them to know if a comment is OK or something that should be flagged.

kauray

16:20

I understand that comprises should not be followed by of. Comprised of is okay to write.
Is comprising also followed by of or is it just comprising?

ColleenV

16:38

@kauray I wouldn’t use “of” with “comprising”. One way you can get an idea of what words commonly are written after another is to use an asterisk after the word in the Google NGram viewer:

Try entering conspiring * in the box at books.google.com/ngrams

In situations where people have used “comprising of” they usually mean “comprised of” or “consisting of”

Some people will say “comprised of” is incorrect, but I think it has been used incorrectly often enough to be OK now :) this question may be helpful:

Q: What is the difference between 'comprise' and 'comprise of'?

I am confused between usage of 'comprise' and 'comprise of': This is what I know: X comprises of A,B, and C. (Shows elements) And A, B, C comprise X. (Shows item) But then, Cambridge Dictionary says: The course comprises a class book, a practice book, and a CD. And The acc...