| Perfectionist's creed |
LA Times Daily |
31 May 2026 |
| Scrupulous insistence on traditional rules |
Premier Sunday |
30 May 2021 |
| Modified primus - it'll appeal to traditionalist |
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| Insistence on traditional correctness |
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| Stickler's belief |
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| Insistence on traditional correctness |
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| Insistence on chasteness |
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| Aversion to slang, say |
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| Strict linguistic correctness |
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| Insistence on precise standards |
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| Aversion to slang, say |
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| Stickler's creed |
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| Strict adherence to rules |
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| Stickler's creed |
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| Insistence on precise standards |
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| Aversion to slang, say |
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| Early 20th-century art movement |
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| William Safire quality |
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| Chaste pursuit |
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| Strict use of language, etc. |
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| Stickler's creed |
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| Observance of correctness |
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| Pedant's thinking |
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| Early 20th-century French art style |
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| Rigid insistence on nicety |
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| Insistence on precise usage of language. |
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| Rigid insistence on nicety. |
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| Adherence to nicety in diction. |
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| Rigid nicety in use of words. |
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| Meticulosity. |
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