Re: Motion 62: YES (with minor amendment)

[Ian McIntosh <ianm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Standards and most technical documents should entirely avoid any use of "comprise", since it has two meanings that are almost opposites.  One is that the parts comprise the whole, the other is that the whole comprises the parts.  Words that have been corrupted into their opposites should be abandoned.  Using them compromises clarity.

I propose "It consists of those subsets...".

- Ian McIntosh          IBM Canada Lab         Compiler Back End Support and Development


Vincent Lefevre ---2014-06-23 04:50:15 AM---I vote YES on Motion 62 (based on the 20140621 version). A minor amendment:

From:	Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:	Ian McIntosh/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA,
Date:	2014-06-23 04:50 AM
Subject:	Motion 62: YES (with minor amendment)

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I vote YES on Motion 62 (based on the 20140621 version).

A minor amendment:

Page 27, §10.2, 1st paragraph: "It conmprises those subsets..."

I suppose that it should be "comprises".

Page 30, Note: "parametrized" -> "parameterized" (for consistency).

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