Talk:reënable
Latest comment: 15 years ago by Doremítzwr in topic Alternate spelling which is the norm?
Alternate spelling which is the norm?
editI wonder why the accented version is considered the most standard? I'd never seen it till looking at this entry. I also note that the OED has no record of the accented version, but gives quotes as:
- 1633 T. ADAMS Exp. 2 Peter iii. 18 Thus are we re-enabled to pay him the debt of glory. 1834 Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 616 To require..many months before the patient was re-enabled to take his station in society.
WilliamKF 19:16, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
- The three listed forms — re-enable, reenable, and reënable — are all perfectly standard;
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definitions should not be taken otherwise unless there is also a context tag or usage note to go with it. For reasons of entry synchronisation and œconomy of time, often only one spelling is given a full entry, whilst all the other forms are created as “soft redirects” thereto; note, for example, that (deprecated template usage) re-enable is now a full entry. † ﴾(u):Raifʻhār (t):Doremítzwr﴿ 00:12, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
- I don't believe the diacritical forms are standard. In my experience they are used only rarely and pedantically. Equinox ◑ 00:19, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
- They’re still standard, even if they’re more rarely used nowadays; The New Yorker is an example of a popular publication that still employs the diæresis in this capacity. † ﴾(u):Raifʻhār (t):Doremítzwr﴿ 01:25, 12 March 2009 (UTC)