b. 1945
Geoffrey K. Pullum is a British-American linguist known for his work in syntactic theory, English grammar, and linguistic prescriptivism. He is co-author of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language and a longtime contributor to Language Log, where he has written extensively on grammar myths and descriptive linguistics.
Co-authored The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (2002)
Prominent critic of prescriptivist grammar myths, notably Strunk & White
Longtime contributor to Language Log
Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh
Developed work on Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar (GPSG)