Timwi wrote:
Mark Williamson wrote:
if you break it down - "re - known - ed" - it makes perfect sense
Well, you see, it doesn't make sense to me because it's not pronounced like "known".
I'm not as much of a prescriptivist as my previous message might make it seem. I do accept language evolution and I do accept changes in grammar and spelling. My previous message was not meant to belittle those who do not know the contents of dictionaries by heart. I certainly don't.
It's just that I think I have acquired somewhat of a language intuition and even so, I find it difficult to understand the thought process that would lead one to think that there should be a k in that word. Once someone came up with it, I can understand that other people might follow it, thinking it might be the correct spelling. But the thoughts of that first person are beyond me.
For an example of a sentence where the "k" would be correct: "After an absence of many years she was happy to be reknown by her lover." :-)
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