Another brilliant observation

[Wilson Gray]

On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

> what happened to the -t- of the stem?


The -t- is part of the ending, cognate with English -(e)d-, not of the stem,
gno-, cognate with English _know_.

Unless, of course, Homer nodded.

Youkneverknow.

-Wilson

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