User contributions for Cbrodersen
A user with 649 edits. Account created on 28 June 2006.
2 December 2020
- 15:3415:34, 2 December 2020 diff hist +2 m Carl Linnaeus Incorrect use of 'comprise' (= 'include' or 'contain')
21 July 2020
- 15:3115:31, 21 July 2020 diff hist +2 m Beech Incorrect use of comprise ('include' or 'contain')
1 July 2020
- 01:2101:21, 1 July 2020 diff hist +6 m Koala Incorrect use of 'comprise' ('include' or 'contain')
8 March 2017
- 02:5502:55, 8 March 2017 diff hist +1 m Low-Back-Merger Shift "One [in four] exhibits..." Verb must agree with subject in number.
30 May 2016
- 01:5901:59, 30 May 2016 diff hist −2 m David Munrow 'Loan' (a noun) should not be used as a verb.
27 February 2016
- 03:5103:51, 27 February 2016 diff hist +2 m Beatrix Potter Incorrect use of 'comprise' ('include' or 'contain')
8 November 2014
- 03:2203:22, 8 November 2014 diff hist +413 Talk:Pelican No edit summary
3 November 2014
- 21:2121:21, 3 November 2014 diff hist +435 N Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/November 3, 2014 ←Created page with 'This "featured article" begins with a howler of a grammatical error: "The Bivalvia comprise a class of marine and freshwater molluscs..." 'Comprise' is synonym...' current
20 October 2014
- 19:1019:10, 20 October 2014 diff hist 0 m McGill University International spelling
10 September 2014
- 16:3616:36, 10 September 2014 diff hist −1 m Anticyclone Possessive not necessary
19 August 2014
- 17:2217:22, 19 August 2014 diff hist +2 m Danelaw Incorrect use of 'comprise' ('include' or 'contain')
30 June 2014
- 13:5413:54, 30 June 2014 diff hist +9 m 1860 Oxford evolution debate Stylistic edit and fixed vague pronoun reference
14 May 2014
- 19:3619:36, 14 May 2014 diff hist −1 Manganese violet Incorrect use of 'comprise' (='include' or 'contain')
7 May 2014
- 01:4801:48, 7 May 2014 diff hist +2 m Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere Incorrect use of 'comprise' ('include' or 'contain')
12 April 2014
- 02:4102:41, 12 April 2014 diff hist +135 User:Cbrodersen No edit summary current
- 01:2201:22, 12 April 2014 diff hist −2 m Heartbleed Not necessary to write as possessive (which was incorrect to begin with)
10 December 2013
- 17:0117:01, 10 December 2013 diff hist −1 m Corvidae Verb must agree with subject.
26 October 2013
- 17:3117:31, 26 October 2013 diff hist −5 m Tombstone, Arizona The superlative of 'well' is 'best'.
15 October 2013
- 00:4800:48, 15 October 2013 diff hist +722 Talk:Betz's law No edit summary
15 September 2013
- 02:2602:26, 15 September 2013 diff hist −1 m Hazaras Incorrect use of 'comprise' ('include' or 'encompass')
6 September 2013
- 21:2921:29, 6 September 2013 diff hist −1 m Vertigo (film) "Who [Gavin fears] is possessing Madeleine." 'Who' is the subject of the verb 'is' and therefore must be in the nominative.
27 August 2013
- 14:0614:06, 27 August 2013 diff hist +4 m Anatolia incorrect use of 'comprise' (= 'include' or 'contain')
18 August 2013
- 01:0801:08, 18 August 2013 diff hist +2 m Kepler space telescope "Data' is a plural word, especially in the scientific world.
2 July 2013
- 19:5419:54, 2 July 2013 diff hist +1 m Bonito You can "the tribe comprises seven species across four genera", but not the other way around ('comprise' = 'include' or 'contain').
10 June 2013
- 01:3001:30, 10 June 2013 diff hist −1 m Alcoholics Anonymous "data" is a plural word
6 November 2012
- 18:2218:22, 6 November 2012 diff hist +2 Stellar classification Reinstating edit--see previous comments.
- 18:1918:19, 6 November 2012 diff hist +645 User talk:Lithopsian No edit summary
4 November 2012
- 21:0021:00, 4 November 2012 diff hist 0 Stellar classification I stand by my previous edit. If you agree that "one" is the subject of the sentence, then "one in eight....are,,," is illiterate.
- 20:5220:52, 4 November 2012 diff hist −1 Dracula "Countless"--really? This suggests that there are so many that they are beyond counting. Propose "numerous" instead.
17 October 2012
- 21:2821:28, 17 October 2012 diff hist 0 m Stellar classification "One in eight....is..." Verb must agree with subject in number--even grade-schoolers know this rule!
12 October 2012
- 01:2401:24, 12 October 2012 diff hist +2 G protein-coupled receptor Incorrect use of 'comprise'--you can say "a family comprises [includes] a large number of receptors", but not the other way around.
26 September 2012
- 14:0614:06, 26 September 2012 diff hist +11 User:Cbrodersen No edit summary
- 14:0514:05, 26 September 2012 diff hist −5 User:Cbrodersen No edit summary
- 14:0414:04, 26 September 2012 diff hist −18 User:Cbrodersen No edit summary
- 01:5701:57, 26 September 2012 diff hist +10 Piano history and musical performance If we're talking about Cristofori's pianos, the hammers were as described--leather-covered hammers came later. All piano and harpsichord strings from this era were as described--never 'wrought iron'.ht
21 September 2012
- 14:1714:17, 21 September 2012 diff hist −7 m New York City Incorrect use of 'comprise' (='include' or 'encompass'). 'Is' is more to the point.
27 March 2012
- 13:5713:57, 27 March 2012 diff hist +1 m Hurricane Eloise Verb should agree with subject.
15 January 2012
- 04:2604:26, 15 January 2012 diff hist +1 m Carnival Corporation & plc No edit summary
14 January 2012
- 01:4101:41, 14 January 2012 diff hist +5 User:Cbrodersen No edit summary
13 January 2012
- 17:5817:58, 13 January 2012 diff hist −48 Piano Concerto No. 24 (Mozart) This is a useless statement, as performance times vary greatly depending on tempo--anywhere from 25 to 30 minutes.
- 17:5317:53, 13 January 2012 diff hist +39 Piano Concerto No. 24 (Mozart) The opening theme of Concerto No.24 was not taken from the main theme of Haydn's Sym.78--the two themes are quite dissimilar.
- 01:5901:59, 13 January 2012 diff hist +1 m Piano Concerto No. 24 (Mozart) There is no comparative or superlative of "complete".
14 December 2011
- 20:3220:32, 14 December 2011 diff hist +1 m Georgia O'Keeffe Improper possessive--correct everywhere else in the article
16 November 2011
- 18:2918:29, 16 November 2011 diff hist +4 The Sound of Music wikilink
10 November 2011
- 04:0504:05, 10 November 2011 diff hist −5 m SS Edmund Fitzgerald "best-known" is preferable to "most well-known"
23 September 2011
- 20:0720:07, 23 September 2011 diff hist −1 Al-Ahsa Oasis Incorrect use of 'comprise' (substitute 'include' or encompass' and you'll see why).
29 August 2011
- 14:0814:08, 29 August 2011 diff hist −16 Gasoline Re-write awkward first sentence, remove unnecessary commas.
23 August 2011
- 18:2518:25, 23 August 2011 diff hist +2 m Eagle (United States coin) incorrect use of 'comprise'
8 August 2011
- 17:2517:25, 8 August 2011 diff hist 0 Casablanca (film) "loan" is not a verb.
4 July 2011
- 03:0003:00, 4 July 2011 diff hist −2 m The Beast (Revelation) Verb should agree with subject
