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

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

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

He took instruction from the native-born grammarian Lysanias.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro