Comments on: Unbeknown or Unbeknownst? http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/98/ English Translation from German, Spanish and Catalan; English Editing and Writing Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:02:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: andy http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/98/#comment-654 andy Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:57:16 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=98#comment-654 Pretty sure that both words are correct, even in American English. The difference is that "unbeknown" is an adjective and "unbeknownst" is an adverb, usually followed by "to." Unbeknownst to me, the spider had already laid its eggs in my scalp. The spider, of a species unbeknown, was an unwelcome guest. Pretty sure that both words are correct, even in American English. The difference is that “unbeknown” is an adjective and “unbeknownst” is an adverb, usually followed by “to.”

Unbeknownst to me, the spider had already laid its eggs in my scalp.

The spider, of a species unbeknown, was an unwelcome guest.

]]> By: John Carlson http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/98/#comment-607 John Carlson Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:27:23 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=98#comment-607 Can one use "unbeknownst" without the "to" that customarily follows, as in: For ten years, the waste flowed, untreated and unbeknonwst, directly to the river? Can one use “unbeknownst” without the “to” that customarily follows, as in: For ten years, the waste flowed, untreated and unbeknonwst, directly to the river?

]]> By: Casey http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/98/#comment-591 Casey Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:35:42 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=98#comment-591 Thanks, Jonah! That's what I'm here for...language is a very interesting topic to me and many others, and one of my goals with this blog is to turn my passion for this type of discussion into something that's helpful to Googlers like yourself. Thanks, Jonah! That’s what I’m here for…language is a very interesting topic to me and many others, and one of my goals with this blog is to turn my passion for this type of discussion into something that’s helpful to Googlers like yourself.

]]> By: Jonah http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/98/#comment-590 Jonah Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:36:30 +0000 http://belletra.com/?p=98#comment-590 Heh. Interesting... or maybe not. Either way, it helped me choose which to use for an essay. =] Heh.
Interesting… or maybe not.
Either way, it helped me choose which to use for an essay. =]

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