What does grammatophobia mean?
Grammatophobia means (rare, humorous) An aversion to grammar..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare, humorous) An aversion to grammar..
2003, Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum, Of grammatophobia (in The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Grammatophobia. Now what is the problem that the American child is confronted with in his study of grammar? It is this: he is called upon to explain things he knows in terms of things he does not know […]
It was a clear case of what might be termed grammatophobia. I concluded he needed the grammatical rest-cure, and therefore omitted English from his first year at the High School.
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Grammatophobia means (rare, humorous) An aversion to grammar..
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2003, Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum, Of grammatophobia (in The Chronicle of Higher Education)
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