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Words, Grammar Nerds, and the Riotous Joy of Language Evolution. Sarah Grey www.greyediting.com. Pilkunnussija (Finnish.) Literally, a comma fucker; a pedant; a person who corrects trivial or meaningless things. Fourth-Century Low German. English Loanwords. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Sarah Greywww.greyediting.com

*Words, Grammar Nerds, and the Riotous Joy of Language Evolution

http://www.greyediting.com/

* Pilkunnussija(Finnish.) Literally, a comma fucker;

a pedant; a person who corrects trivial or meaningless things.

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