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grammarian

[gruh-mair-ee-uhn] / grəˈmɛər i ən /
NOUN
linguist
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To be completely candid, I found Simon’s intellectual posturing, rarefied vocabulary and grammarian cavils trying.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2019

When Eric Peterson gave his report as the official grammarian of this meeting, he spent most of his time pointing out words he liked: ephemeral, ruminate, affinity.

From Seattle Times Oct. 2, 2019

And John McWhorter tells Kurt why he hates the book that every writer and nitpicky grammarian loves: The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White.

From Slate Feb. 8, 2018

After all, besides underwriting its contributors’ research and travel, the New Yorker employed copy editors, fact-checkers and an in-house grammarian.

From Washington Post Sep. 6, 2017

But it’s not true that if one kind of grammarian is right then the other kind of grammarian is wrong.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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