grammarian
/ɡɹəˈmɛəɹɪən/
noun 2
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2ADJ.
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VERB + GRAMMARIAN
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Definitions
noun
1
A person who studies grammar, either scientifically or (traditionally) unscientifically.
Huddleston and Pullum are well-known grammarians of the 21st century.
2
A person who pedantically critiques the grammar of others' speech or writing, especially when unscientifically and misguidedly.
They spent hours disabusing the misinformed rants of various armchair grammarians.
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noun — a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and synta
- syntactician
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Huddleston and Pullum are well-known grammarians of the 21st century.
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They spent hours disabusing the misinformed rants of various armchair grammarians.
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I'd like to ask a grammarian, isn't it possible to think of 'be + participle' like you do V C and such?
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