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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

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

Borneman was a fanatic, a grammarian, a Central European engulfer and regurgitator of fact.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 2, 2016

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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