Abraham is best known as a grammarian and Biblical commentator, particularly the latter, though his versatility is remarkable. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy] Reference
The word "grammarian" was more widely inclusive than now, meaning one who devoted himself to general learning. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning] Reference
"You are a worthy grammarian," Rhavas said sourly. From Wordnik.com. [Bridge of the Separator]
The ancient grammarian who assailed the works of Homer. From Wordnik.com. [Early Reviews of English Poets] Reference
But he read them as a philosopher, and not as a grammarian. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
AELIUS DONATUS, a grammarian who flourished at Rome about A.D. From Wordnik.com. [The Student's Companion to Latin Authors] Reference
Instead of "He is a bad grammarian," say "He is not a grammarian.". From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
Fact Check: I'm not a grammarian, but I don't believe this is true. From Wordnik.com. [Greg Grandin: Fact Checking Lanny Davis on Honduras] Reference
P.S. I am an excellent speller and mostly a good typist and grammarian. From Wordnik.com. [1999-11-06 23:56:19] Reference
Perhaps to no one is Esperanto of more service than to the non-grammarian. From Wordnik.com. [The Esperanto Teacher A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians] Reference
They know how to write as well as him; but he is a better grammarian than them. From Wordnik.com. [English Grammar in Familiar Lectures] Reference
As a nitpicking grammarian, might I suggest the last sentence on this page read. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Outraises Obama In Fourth Quarter Of 2007] Reference
The grammarian, for example, can persuade one and he can persuade many about letters. From Wordnik.com. [Alcibiades I] Reference
His object is to become, not a philosophical antiquarian, but a practical grammarian. From Wordnik.com. [English Grammar in Familiar Lectures] Reference
(Often when he speaks extemporaneously I hear the sound of grammarian teeth-gnashing). From Wordnik.com. [Gerald Bracey: Robots in Education] Reference
All such questions, however, are for the grammarian or lexicographer, and not for the logician. From Wordnik.com. [Deductive Logic] Reference
Thus you see, it is impossible for you to become a grammarian without exercising your judgment. From Wordnik.com. [English Grammar in Familiar Lectures] Reference
"No," answered the careful grammarian, "I want a comb for a stout man with tortoiseshell teeth.". From Wordnik.com. [More Toasts] Reference
Khalid bin Ahmad, a great grammarian, then invented the short vowels and other diacritical marks. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
"He was especially pleased that I went to Harvard, so he made me the grammarian," said Mr. Rocca. From Wordnik.com. [Onion and Conan: A Pairing for the Century] Reference
No grammarian, we think, would class each of these three italicized clauses as an adverb clause of cause. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Thus the grammarian derives his name from the word 'grammar', and the courageous man from the word 'courage'. From Wordnik.com. [Categoriae. English] Reference
Rome; but the grammarian Gellius has proved, by many examples, that in the earlier times it was by no means uncommon. From Wordnik.com. [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference
William F. Buckley replied with a column attacking Fairlie for being an English interloper, a bad grammarian and a snob. From Wordnik.com. [Reagan Was Wrong] Reference
Unless the connecting word expresses the dependence of one of the clauses, the grammarian regards them both as independent. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Lindley Murray commenced his work as a grammarian, and his other writings, after disease had fixed upon his declining years. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867] Reference
Wide as Bain's influence has been as a logician, a grammarian and a writer on rhetoric, his reputation rests on his psychology. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Greeks obtained access to it; and, among others, Tyrannion, a grammarian and friend of Cicero, did good service in the work of correction. From Wordnik.com. [Fathers of Biology] Reference
Catullus went to Rome early, and there, as Schmidt thinks, was taught by the grammarian Valerius Cato, to whom c. 56 is probably addressed. From Wordnik.com. [The Student's Companion to Latin Authors] Reference
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