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50 across cogniscenti or cogniscente ?


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16:06 Sat 17th Dec 2005
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Spelling Bee
cogniscente is the singular...'i' the plural, so the former
16:15 Sat 17th Dec 2005
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paul0108
Grammatically cognoscente is the singular of the noun, cognoscenti is the plural. The clue says "person" so the former should be correct.
16:17 Sat 17th Dec 2005
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paul0108
That is cognOscente.
16:20 Sat 17th Dec 2005
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paul0108
The correct spelling is cognOscente.
16:26 Sat 17th Dec 2005
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Spelling Bee
Quite right Paul....!
16:38 Sat 17th Dec 2005
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mike b

I seem to remember this answer appeared in the same crossword a couple of months ago and the setter didn't know the diffence between the singular and the plural that time!

19:36 Sat 17th Dec 2005
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twiglet3

From WordNet (r) 1.6 :

cognoscenti
n : an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine
arts [syn: connoisseur]


doesnt that mean it could be either singular or plural, as it says 'expert'.


21:56 Sat 17th Dec 2005

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