Pedants

The worst kind of Pedants among Learned Men, are such as are naturally endued with a very small

The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695

"1057 Pedants, x/0 = Infinity (not zero)" - David Moley.

It Could Always Be Worse, and the France Football Team 2010

Pedants like us lot can still pick at it all day long though

Monro: Now Open In Bizarro World Cosmo7 2009

Pedants corner: though I realise the argument of this excellent piece remains totally unaffected by this minor detail it might actually be strengthened, I believe the fragrant Yasmin spouts her guff mainly for the laughably titled "Independent" these days.

THE BIG QUESTION! 2009

Pedants nonetheless ignored Fowler's wise advice, kept insisting on whom, and as a result many people, unclear what the grammarians were on about, started using whom in places where it should be who and vice versa.

Archive 2008-03-01 DC 2008

Pedants help the rest of us get stuff right, which is much appreciated here.

Interpreting the Hugo Votes, or: Hugo Thunderdome! | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2008

Elizabeth, I think you'll find that the leader of the Pedants 'Revolt was "Which Tyler!"

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

"Elizabeth, I think you'll find that the leader of the Pedants 'Revolt was" Which Tyler! ""

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

Pedants nonetheless ignored Fowler's wise advice, kept insisting on whom, and as a result many people, unclear what the grammarians were on about, started using whom in places where it should be who and vice versa.

On who(m)ever DC 2008

As Craig Brown's Pedants' Society would remind you, this is the name of the bell, not the tower.

Archive 2007-08-01 2007