grammarian
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- noun
- /ɡrəˈmɛriən/
:
gramático
- The grammarian explained the complex rules of syntax to the eager students.
- grammarian and poet
- French grammarians
- examples given by grammarians
And he is also, he's an expert grammarian.
- And he is also, he's an expert grammarian.
Examples
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There was a tension between the grammarians and the schools of rhetoric.
Academic text (2002) -
Strunk and White are useful, but they aren't grammarians.
Blog text (6) -
But Emerson would have approved: nature should be one's grammarian, not convention.
Academic text (1999) -
The Romans, while favoring the grammarian approach, also allowed for rhetoric.
Academic text (2002) -
You responded, "The word love, used in this connection, is frowned upon by grammarians."
Fiction book (1997) -
The Greek "breathings" were invented as a result of the work of Alexandrian grammarians.
Academic text (2001) -
A separate question: Is Lindley Murray Crane a descendant of Lindley Murray, the famous grammarian?
Blog text (29) -
In his introduction, the Hebrew poet and grammarian Adam HaCohen Lebenson praised the wonderful achievement of the Hebrew translation, for "the splendor of the language is the splendor of her people and in her honor they too will be honored."
Academic text (2009) -
As a grammarian, she focused on teaching the correct use of punctuation in writing.
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The famous grammarian wrote several books that detailed the intricacies of the English language.
Antonyms
How Expert
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Grammarian comes from grammar, which comes from an old Greek word gramma meaning 'letter' or 'writing', and the ending -ian means 'person who'. So a grammarian is a 'person who' knows and teaches the rules of language.