RE: FN-FORUM: pedanticisms

date posted 18th March 2008 14:28

Has anyone said yet that it's pedantry?

Just trying to be helpful

:-)



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On Tuesday 18 March 2008 14:40:47 Lee Rickler wrote:

> It means stating the bleeding obvious but arguing to the nth degree the
> nuances of that specific statement.

It's one of those irregular verbs:
I am being precise in my use of language
You are being pedantic
He / she is being bloody-mindedly obstructive

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