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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

No, she was not a grammarian, she would answer.

From Washington Post Jan. 2, 2018

The Danish grammarian Otto Jespersen was first to speculate on why our adjective conventions shook out the way they did.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2014

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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