pe·dan·tic
overly concerned with details or formalisms, esp. in teaching.
Now some quibbles. Haigh dusts off George Orwell’s essay, Confessions of a Book Reviewer, to remind us of the Great Man’s view that 1000 words is the “bare minimum” required for a book review of consequence. Call me pedantic, but Haigh’s piece, no mere book review but a treatise on the (sorry) state of Australian literary criticism, is about 850 words.
Title: Are Our Book Reviewers Duds? A Pair of Ragged Claws ALR Blog
pedantic in a sentence
1. Being a pedantic foments my inability to see the bigger picture.
2. I read pedantically to sharpen my mind.
3. I renounce my pedantical attitude to foster better father and daughter relationship.
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