单词 | grammarian |
释义 | grammarian (once / 4050 pages) n A grammarian is someone who studies, writes about, teaches, and/or loves grammar. Some English teachers are grammarians — they’re the ones who don’t mind spending an afternoon discussing the Oxford comma. In case you’re underwhelmed, know that the word grammarian comes from the Old French word gramairien for "wise man, person who knows Latin, or magician." English-speaking grammarians don’t necessarily know Latin these days, but it wouldn’t hurt. Grammarians often write books on the parts of speech, diagramming sentences, or anything else about grammar and syntax. Wise? Yes. Magicians? Rarely. WORD FAMILYgrammarian: grammarians+/grammar: grammarian, grammars, grammatic, grammatical/grammatical: grammatically, ungrammatical/ungrammatical: ungrammatically USAGE EXAMPLESSince Joseph Priestley in 1761, grammarians have fretted that it was on its way to disappearing from English. Economist(Aug 11, 2016) Without the accent mark, his own last name is bruised but not botched, though a Spanish grammarian would call it misspelled. New York Times(Aug 06, 2016) “God—whom I believe to be a strict grammarian as well as an Englishman—has punished me.” Wall Street Journal(Jul 08, 2016) n a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax Syn|Exp|Hyper syntactician Aristarchus an ancient Greek grammarian remembered for his commentary on the Iliad and Odyssey (circa 217-145 BC) Aelius DonatusRoman grammarian whose textbook on Latin grammar was used throughout the Middle Ages (fourth century) PaniniIndian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC) linguist, linguistic scientist a specialist in linguistics |
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