Psst, Ken ... a Pedant IS a Grammar Nazi.
I thought it was someone that liked little boys.
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Psst, Ken ... a Pedant IS a Grammar Nazi.
Isn't that Pentameter?Where's the bit about feet?
I thought it was someone that liked little boys.
WE probably studied it as much as you studied the American War of Yankee Aggression.
Isn't that Pentameter?
pen·tam·e·ter
NOUN
- prosody
a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet, or (in Greek and Latin verse) of two halves each of two feet and a long syllable.
Latin?? Blame Wikipedia but actually it is from the Greek--iambosShiite ! You left out the key Latin word ... "Iambic"
This says two equal pieces.
See "Iambic Pentameter".
Hardly warped Dingo, I almost spewed coffee onto my keyboard. Unfortunately, I would guess that only 3% or so of the members here would know what a "pedant" is in the first place, largely due to government funded education.
Carry on mate!