grammarian
Example Sentences
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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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
