Direction: In the following questions out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
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Person who insists on adherence to formal rules or literary meaning
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- scholar
- pedant
- pedagogue
- literalist
Correct Option: B
pedant (N.) : a person who is too concerned with small details/ rules especially while learning/ teaching
scholar (N.) : a person who knows all about a particular subject because he has studied it in detail
pedagogue (N.) : a teacher
literalist (N.) : a person who makes/uses literal or realistic in art/literature
