Keith Dawson<p>I’m seeing more writing online in which “renown” (noun) is misused in place of “renowned” (adjective). The latest example came in the email yesterday morning at the top of one of my favorite weekday newsletters, Numlock:</p><p> “Japan’s anime industry has become globally renown, but...”</p><p><a href="https://www.numlock.com/p/numlock-news-march-6-2025-voyager" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">numlock.com/p/numlock-news-mar</span><span class="invisible">ch-6-2025-voyager</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/peeve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peeve</span></a></p>