grammarian
Example Sentences
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That construction grates my grammarian soul because it is a misuse of the term “Catch-22.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2020
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
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
