Date:  Mon, 15 Jan 1996 21:23:39 EST

From:  Larry Horn <LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU>

Subject: Re: Knowledgeable



Rudy observes

>P.S. The OED does not even mention the spelling <?knowledgable>.



Actually, the first four citations under _knowledgeable_ spell it in the e-less

version; the ones from 1859 spell it in the "logical" way.  I don't know why

Webster 3 and my grade school teachers insisted on reviving the 'knowledgable'

spelling--maybe there was an E shortage during WWII?



Larry