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Pronunciation: [ɡɹamˈe͡əɹi͡ənz] (IPA)

Grammarians are professionals who specialize in the study of language and its various components. They are primarily concerned with grammar, usage, semantics, and syntax. There are several synonyms that can be used to describe grammarians including linguist, lexicographer, philologist, language expert, language scholar, language analyst, language specialist, grammarian, and language teacher. Each of these synonyms carries a slightly different connotation, but they are all used to describe individuals who are well versed in the intricacies of language and its relevant rules. These professionals play an important role in helping individuals learn how to effectively use language and communicate effectively in both oral and written contexts.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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grammarians tell us that the verb "to be" is a verb-substantive, that is, it does not indicate any action passing from the subject to the object.
"The Law and the Word"
Thomas Troward
Many of these are single lines, preserved by grammarians in illustration of old forms and usages of words, and thus are of little value in the way of illustrating his poetical or dramatic power.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
The fragments of his works are scanty and unimportant, and have been preserved by grammarians merely as illustrative of old forms of the language.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar

Famous quotes with Grammarians

  • As the author of a work, I don't relinquish author-ity to just any critic, particularly not to people whose work I've not read or don't respect; those biased by envy are the least relevant, and grounded grammarians who strangle or sterilize under a banner of superiority are a close second.
    Vanna Bonta
  • Gloomy grammarians in golden gowns, Meekly you keep the mortal rendezvous, Eliciting the still sustaining pomps Of speech which are like music so profound They seem an exaltation without sound.
    Wallace Stevens
  • The use which the grammarians made of Vergil is so extensive that, if all the MSS. of him had been lost, it would be possible from the notices given us by the ancients of the Vergilian poems, and the passages quoted from them by the grammarians alone, to reconstruct practically the whole of the , the , and the .
    Virgil

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