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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Hmmm. Right or wrong has never been a part of my interpretation of the definition of pedantic. In fact, I assume most pedants ARE technically correct. I'm shocked that a self-styled "precisian" would get that so wrong.  |
From what I read into the original post, it was not with the definition of pedant but rather with the belief that many people tend to assume that a pedant will think that they are correct even when they are not which the person in question wanted to avoid.
May I ask how you differentiate between "technically correct" and "correct"? The popularity of the correctness?
Ah, the joy of discussing precision in verbiage!