or is it next week?
2007-06-24 06:35:40 · 6 answers · asked by 👑 Hypocrite 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I see Mary M forgot the apostrophe in "what's".
2007-06-24 06:47:41 · answer #1 · answered by Michael B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For those who don't know what Pedant means....
"Pedant" does not mean any kind of ant. A "pedant" is a person who thinks that even very small details are important. The word "pedant" comes from a much older word that means "someone that teaches", so pedant can mean "teacher" too.
What the dictionary says about "pedant"
This picture has nothing to do with me, but I have always liked it.
Pedantic is a word used to describe the way a pedant is or the way that a pedant behaves. It can also describe things that are done in the same way that a pedant would do that thing.
The English language Wiktionary is at [1]. The "Wiktionary" is an online dictionary. (A dictionary is a "book or list of words" and tells what words mean.) The Wiktionary says that a pedant is "a person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning."
Synonym
The Wiktionary says that the word "pedantic" is a synonym for "fussy". A synonym is a word that has the same meaning as another word, or, it can mean a word that has a meaning that is almost the same.
Adjective
The Wiktionary says that "fussy" is an adjective that relates to the word 'fuss'. An adjective is a word that describes another word. (So a pedant can also be called a "fussy person" or a "person that is fussy".)
Noun and Verb
The Wiktionary also says that fuss is both a noun and a verb. Some English words have more than one meaning or are used in more than one way.
Noun
A noun describes a thing, or person or place. As a noun, a fuss is "too much activity or chatting about something".
Albert Einstein said "The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking... the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker."
Verb
As a verb, "fuss means to be very worried or excited about something".
As for it being International Day of the Pedant.....there doesn't seem to be one!
2007-06-24 06:46:18 · answer #2 · answered by Confuzzled 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
whats a pedant??
2007-06-24 06:39:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is it? I don't know. Look it up!
2007-06-24 06:39:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i am not sure. good luck.
2007-06-24 06:37:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont know what is it,,
2007-06-24 09:25:37 · answer #6 · answered by james michael c 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋