“The intrusive comma changes the sense, and gives the dedicated pedant a linguistic heart attack.”

“Publishing online without proofreading is probably not the greatest of sins, but for a grammar pedant such as I, it's pretty transgressive nonetheless.”

“Her constant correction of others' grammar and nitpicking over small details revealed her pedantism.”

“This openness contrasts with the elitism, pedantism, secrecy, and emotionally limited approaches, or with narrow intellectual knowledge.”

“Now began the native spleen of Oceana to be much purged, and men not to affect sullenness and pedantism.”

“Some pedants do let their love for rules get in the way of free-flowing language.”

“No one makes fun of them for talking about adding mice to the cache, because only scholars and pedants remember the word's source.”

“They could easily go to sleep to the murmuring oohs and aahs of connoisseurs and pedants.”