Authority on usage
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FOWLERAuthority on usage
PURISTStickler on usage
GRAMMARSBooks on word usage
PURISMInsistence on precise usage of language.
DETAILEDSent on a special task, in military usage.
prescriptiveAttempting to impose rules of correct usage on the users of a language
almemar(in Ashkenazic usage) the raised platform in a synagogue on which the reading desk stands
hypercorrectrefers to a linguistic construction or pronunciation produced by mistaken analogy with standard usage out of a desire to be correct, such as "open widely" or "on behalf of my wife and I"
hypercorrectlyHYPERCORRECT, refers to a linguistic construction or pronunciation produced by mistaken analogy with standard usage out of a desire to be correct, such as "open widely" or "on behalf of my wife and I"