"Deigned"

It's 100% proper in the style of the sentence you quote.

But you won't hear it in casual conversation -- except perhaps at the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club.

Avangi, are you sure about that? I think the original sentence should be "It would not be deemed superfluous. . . "

I have only ever heard "deigned" as an intransitive verb, roughly synonymous with "condescended" -- "He acted as though we should be honored that he deigned to greet us."

Hey! Congratulations on 5000 posts!

Ouch! am I going to be embarrassed again?

I don't use the word myself.

khoffI think the original sentence should be "It would not be deemed superfluous. . . "

I agree.

Interesting thread purely from the viewpoint that at first, I too thought 'deigned' seemed fine. If you read it fast enough, it just seems as if 'deigned' and 'deemed' are synonyms. It turns out that a lot of people do use them that way, as I found out (s

Do the math.

What do you mean? Don't they add up to 100%?

CJ

You haven't left any room for the types of mistakes that I typically make.

AvangiYou haven't left any room for the types of mistakes that I typically make.

It was hardly worth it to include another 0.000001% for that category!

AvangiHey! Congratulations on 5000 posts!

Thnaks! I hadn't even noticed!

Thank you Avangi, Khoff and CalifJim for your responses. I had the doubt whether the word 'deign' is a purely intransitive verb, or both transitive and intransitive; this dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/deign lists it as being both. I had never see