Spell check...y whatever 4
"Mark Lipton" > wrote in message
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> Ian Hoare wrote:
>
>>><nitpicking> super_s_edes </nitpicking>
>>
>>
>> According to my spell checker both spellings are correct - to my
>> amazement.
>> I was convinced the correct spelling is supercede. Given that both are
>> permissable, I nevertheless tend towards Mark's spelling as the root verb
>> is
>> "cede" from the Latin verb cedere - to give up.
>
> Alas, Ian, your spell checker made the same mistake that I did. Supersede
> is indeed the one and only correct spelling (FWIW, from the Latin super +
> sedere, to "sit above", a different etymology). The apparent resemblance
> to intercede [from L. cedere, meaning in this instance to pass] is
> misleading in this case.
>
> Mark Lipton