#002 Pedants of the world - Revolt! | Sue de Groot

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Making peace with a piece is not as piquing as sneaky peaking

Sue de Groot (Sunday Times and Times Live | Deputy Features Editor and Columnist)

Autocorrect: making Twitter pedants delete and re-tweet since 2007 - Cassandra Page

Pedantry
attitude; human behaviour, displaying obsession with detail or process, often negatively perceived

For the Grammar Nazis and busy spelling-bees out there, Sue de Groot's "Pedant Class" in the Sunday Times was a main reason for buying the paper.

Now found on the Times Select website, she continues to enthrall us with her "Word in the Hand" column.

The English language - as she should be spoken - is a wonderful world of twists and turns, of words that can be bent to your will. But only when done proper like!

We sit down with the self-confessed word nerd and ace columnist to discover what's getting her hot under the collar.

24 Aug 2020 English South Africa Books

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