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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Interesting. I know that Burger would be correct for use in any newspaper (AP stylebook says Xs comprise Y but Y is composed of Xs) but is there a term of art that allows the usage for law? Is that limited to patent law? I'm not sure I'd recognize the exception. I think we need a dtb ruling.
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If there's an exception, then it's an exception for lawyers who are sloppy grammarians. It wouldn't be hard to fix the sentence above . . . "comprises a set of statutes and regulations"
ETA: Not sure what the AP stylebook is saying according to you, but the whole comprises the parts.
