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Comment Re:Enough is enough - Time to amend the Constituti (Score 1) 463

link to the lobbiest

Grammar/Spelling/Word Choice Nazi time.

The word you want is "lobbyist". Its root is the verb "to lobby", which lobbyists are known for doing, or the noun "lobby", where lobbyists are traditionally found.
(It may also mean an adherent of Lobbyism, but only with the initial capital.)

The word "lobbiest", is the superlative form of the adjective "lobby", meaning "having qualities similar to a lob"; "lobbiest" would thus mean "most similar to a lob". It is thus an adjective, which modifies a noun, and thus should not be used as the object of a preposition or the definite article.

To sum up for you tl;dr kids with the attention span of a gnat, it's spelled lobbyist.

On an unrelated note, do any other Grammar Nazis have tips for invading Comma Splice Russia? I've been having a bit of trouble there.

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