grammarian

Plural: grammarians

Noun

• a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax
• A person who studies grammar, either scientifically or (traditionally) unscientifically.
• A person who pedantically critiques the grammar of others' speech or writing, especially when unscientifically and misguidedly.

Examples

• Huddleston and Pullum are well-known grammarians of the 21st century.
• They spent hours disabusing the misinformed rants of various armchair grammarians.

Synonyms

syntactician, grammatician, grammaticist

Related Words

descriptivist, grammarization, grammarizing, grammatical, grammaticality, grammaticalization, grammaticity, grammaticization, grammatization, linguist, prescriptivist, ungrammatical