X. From Alexander the grammarian, to refrain from fault-finding, and not in a reproachful way to chide those who uttered any barbarous or solecistic or strange-sounding expression; but dexterously to introduce the very expression which ought to have been used, and in the way of answer or giving confirmation, or joining in an inquiry about the thing itself, not about the word, or by some other fit suggestion.
Alexander of Cotiaeum in Phrygia, the most admired Homeric scholar of the age. He taught Aelius Aristides too, and lived in the Palace at Rome.
Where they were from
Where they were fromAlexander of Cotiaeum in Phrygia, who lived in the Palace at Rome.
When, in his life
His Greek grammar, in boyhood and after.
Where it comes from
The lesson is about correcting someone without the correction being about you. Supply the right word and move on; do not take the opportunity to be seen being right.