Sentences with word «pedantic»

Nowadays, writers never follow the traditional method of writing by making use of pedantic words to express literary creativity.

I admit I can be too pedantic about this, as I should accept cinematic adaptations as their own beasts.

But no one likes a preachy, self - important screenwriter (to Robert Redford I will repeat: no one likes a preachy, self - important screenwriter), and Seven Psychopaths never comes off as pedantic in large part to Walken, Farrell, and Rockwell acting as the heart, the head, and the acid tongue of the picture, respectively.

The game will automate the drawing of floors and walls if you want it to, so it's not quite as pedantic as earlier entries in the series, but to us at least that feels like cheating.

It mixes in its thoughts about the nature of humanity and awareness with enough character and plot bits that the headier moments never seem pedantic or dry.

But let's not get too pedantic here.

A bit pedantic on my part, but if someone who knows Korean is searching for a pork recipe, given your tags on this post, they might miss your site - which would be too bad, since as I say, your recipe is both good and authentic.

But with a cheaper airline they may get pedantic about it, which would be a major downer.

Lowth's ideas pleased the class conscious because his rules were too pedantic for the lower classes to adopt.

Muzz @ 6, first, you are being very pedantic in that context clearly indicates the scientists in question to be those knowledgable on global warming.

MoMA's title, «Object Matter,» sounds pedantic by comparison, but that, too, may have a point.

Not to be overly pedantic in regards to the appalling grammar used here, but if you wish to put forth a cogent argument in favor of irrationality, (which is really a contradiction in terms, but I will stick with it), it would benefit you to use complete words and sentences, so as to more effectively disseminate your «thoughts».

[spelling pedant] Rachael, it's remuneration, not renumeration [/ spelling pedant] As a further pedantic point, all commerce is casino capitalism, in that risks must be borne in order to get reward.

One can be pedantic with players in a match an scrutinise their play, but nobody is perfect.

Typically, a court will not allow pedantic interpretations where the intention is as clear as these clauses, however, for the sake of argument.

Too bad teens, if they opt to suffer the insultingly - named SmogGobs, will have find more pedantic ways to learn about geothermal, biofuel, waste to energy, biomass, hydrogen and fuel cells, or — gasp!

I would enjoy reading more of your stuff, but it would have to be less pedantic in the way it is written, if it was, I think you would receive an even larger audience.

Posted by pedantic george Well, it's a new year and I think that's a good time to look at the squad and management.

Aged scholar Mr. Casaubon's tedious pronouncements are made in a thin, whining voice that reflects his mean - spirited, pedantic nature.

Steve noticed this overly pedantic approach when some students in his classes would go through the motions of customer development without understanding the purpose behind it.

This preview trailer pretty much has it all, including what I consider the wrong pronunciation of Saiyain or Saiyan, or Saiyajin — depending on how pedantic you are.

Without being taught in any didactic or pedantic way, you can not help but find yourself responding, reflecting and learning.

The dramatic conflict is real because as Samantha begins thinking and feeling for herself, and grows closer to Theodore, he begins making the same judgments and pedantic criticisms of her that affected his previous relationship.

Never pedantic, but always on message, it's the best sort of summer popcorn flick.

It's also a rare treat to witness Albers, that most pedantic of artists, let down his guard.

Many military candidates make the mistake of writing their resume in the same dry, pedantic language as many military documents, with a dull and endless listing of the smallest micro-tasks.

But traditional mode of writing may not prove effective in the modern world because pedantic words and usages distract readers from going through the same.

Also, if kids really did complain, those kids are pedantic jerks who should use their NHS talents to fight unjust dress codes instead of using them to knock down successful peers.

One thing to be extremely pedantic about is the presentation of your art / image on the site itself.

The 1920s sequences are shot in flickering black - and - white, a slightly pedantic insistence on the silent movie age.

this is just pedantic and being clever with words.

A perhaps pedantic quibble: the rugby players look out of condition and middle - aged, even if Clint Eastwood stunningly captures the brutal magnificence of a sport he must hardly have known.

I hoped the performance and the integrity of that would be the most important thing to her, and it was... She's very strong - willed, as am I. I'm pretty pedantic about sticking to the script and making sure it's all word for word.

This title has a pun which is probably too weirdly pedantic even to count as groanworthy: an immediate, contemporary war being fought on the issue of electrical current.

As a grandfather, I don't have to attend parent - teacher conferences or get pedantic notes sent home with my son or daughter addressing the latest concerns of a bunch of thumb - sucking, politically correct, out - of - control idiots.

You're using a rather pedantic logic.

You've explained all the steps in detail without becoming pedantic.

When a friend asked him the other day how it felt to own the most successful racing stable in 1959, he looked briefly but sharply at his questioner, then gave one of the rather pedantic answers for which he is noted.

Also our very pedantic daughter told us they were donuts, and who can argue with a stubborn two year old who is busy licking chocolate off as many treats as she can get her hands on?

«We just make this assumption that if you're in San Francisco everyone knows everything about beans, and they're intrigued, but people are afraid to look at these ingredients because they don't want to look stupid,» Sando says «We approach them from a less pedantic aspect, and more like, «Look at this neat thing I found in Mexico!»»

But the fact that he just finished his seventh consecutive round at the top of the leaderboard of the biggest tournament in the world, and we are talking about the speed in which he played these holes seems so incredibly pedantic.

If i am being truly pedantic though, I might quibble with «we won't truly know until the season ends» etc..