{
 "series": "Error of the Day",
 "site": "https://erroneo.us",
 "author": "erroneo.us Editors",
 "schedule": "one entry per day, live at 00:00 America/Los_Angeles",
 "today": "2026-10-21",
 "latest": "2026-10-21",
 "count": 1,
 "entries": [
  {
   "date": "2026-10-21",
   "url": "https://erroneo.us/daily/comprised-of/",
   "markdown_url": "https://erroneo.us/daily/comprised-of/index.md",
   "title": "Comprised of: the phrase editors keep circling",
   "description": "'Is comprised of' is common but many editors still flag it. The whole comprises the parts; the parts compose the whole. Use 'comprises' or 'consists of'.",
   "category": "language",
   "desk": "Language",
   "wrong": "The committee is comprised of seven members.",
   "right": "The committee comprises seven members. (Or: is composed of / consists of seven members.)",
   "memory_trick": "The whole comprises the parts; the parts compose the whole. Never 'comprised of.'",
   "related": [
    "https://erroneo.us/language/commonly-confused-words/",
    "https://erroneo.us/language/common-grammar-mistakes/"
   ],
   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "American Heritage Dictionary: usage note at 'comprise'",
     "url": "https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=comprise"
    },
    {
     "label": "Cambridge Dictionary: comprise",
     "url": "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/comprise"
    },
    {
     "label": "Department of Justice Canada, Legistics: Comprise",
     "url": "https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/legis-redact/legistics/p1p4.html"
    },
    {
     "label": "Dictionary.com: Comprise vs. Compose",
     "url": "https://www.dictionary.com/e/comprise-vs-compose/"
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}