N-gram "received/recieved" shows a relative ratio of around 3000x, no doubt because it's derived from published books, many of which have gone through a copy ed

N-gram "received/recieved" shows a relative ratio of around 3000x, no doubt because it's derived from published books, many of which have gone through a copy editor. I don't think you've made any other point besides your disdain for the copy editors at The Guardian. Since it appears many other copy editors agree with The Guardian, I think it's fair to say your inference is unsupported.