GrammarNazi1:

...Google...

BabaIbo:


Mr GrammarNazi1 answer the question and stop directing her to Google.
I am sure if it is to find error in people's comments/replies you won't hesitate to quote them.
Fake grammarian
I know you u will try to find an error in my quote

AndroBlaze:


I strongly disagree with this.

In most English Speaking Countries anyone who has a strong and formal understanding of a "Foreign" language(s) could be termed a Linguist. Thus if you have have a strong formal grasp of French, calling you a linguist would not be far off.

However you would not be termed a linguist because you studied "English" in an "English" speaking country as:

1. it is not foreign to us
2. Most of the course has to do with English literature and logical thinking and not the scientific "break down" of the language as you highlighted.

The answer is:
1. An English Graduate in the UK and most of the CommonWealth
2. An English Major in the US.

Therefore you should only be termed a Linguist in an English Speaking country if:

1. You have mastered Foreign Languages
2. You study Linguistics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_studies

mohiozua:




Wrong. If one studies a language or languages, one is a graduate of such language or a polyglot (if one studies/studied more than one language)
A linguist is one who studied linguistics. This is totally different from a polyglot.

BabaIbo:


Mr GrammarNazi1 answer the question and stop directing her to Google.
I am sure if it is to find error in people's comments/replies you won't hesitate to quote them.
Fake grammarian
I know you u will try to find an error in my quote

AndroBlaze:


I strongly disagree with this.

In most English Speaking Countries anyone who has a strong and formal understanding of a "Foreign" language(s) could be termed a Linguist. Thus if you have have a strong formal grasp of French, calling you a linguist would not be far off.

However you would not be termed a linguist because you studied "English" in an "English" speaking country as:

1. it is not foreign to us
2. Most of the course has to do with English literature and logical thinking and not the scientific "break down" of the language as you highlighted.

The answer is:
1. An English Graduate in the UK and most of the CommonWealth
2. An English Major in the US.

Therefore you should only be termed a Linguist in an English Speaking country if:

1. You have mastered Foreign Languages
2. You study Linguistics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_studies

cpapa:
it's called Francis

babyfaceafrica:
An English graduate .....linguistics is different abeg.....even topics are different..modules differs...linguist use the minimalist theory by Chomsky for syntax while english use LFG by halliday.......

Sulemanial:
A PERSON THAT STUDIED MUSIC IS CALLED MUSICIAN WHILE A PERSON THAT STUDIED ENGLISH IS CALLED "ENGLISHIAN" Chikena

GrammarNazi1:
...find an error...
Or
...find errors...
The second is better in the context of your sentence.

lx3as:


A linguist is one who studies Linguistics.

A graduate of English or being called based on the aspect or area within English the graduand or student chooses as field, eg:

Grammarian

semanticist

Sociolinguist

Poet

writer

critic

playwright

prose-writer, proseman, proser (obsolete)

discourse-analyst, etc.

KingOfAmebo:


A simple check on the definition of a linguist would have saved you all the time and energy you put in typing all that. The last time I checked the meaning of a linguist doesn't elaborate on wether you studied a language as a native or a foreigner. Please save us all this jargons.

GrammarNazi1:

...find an error...

Or

...find errors...

The second is better in the context of your sentence.

saintkeppy:
Studied English: English Language Graduate

Studies English: English Language Student


Ok, wait a minute!

English Language Trainee

dlaw70:
u done d behave well now

GrammarNazi1:

I, in fact, pointed out her error! I didn't ask her to check it on Google!

fratermathy:


The most wholesome answer so far.

English is a broad discipline that covers both English linguistics and literary studies. It's so unfortunate that almost all the answers so far have been language-oriented. A graduate of English in the US or Canada can't be called a linguist because English Studies there essentially refers to English Literary Studies. In Nigeria and many other nations, English linguistics and literature are combined and the graduates can't all be called grammarians or linguists as some have posited here.


A general term would simply be: graduates of English.

More specifically, we would have those called:
Critics
Creative Writers
Grammarians
Discourse Analysts
Phoneticians
Phonologists
Pyscholinguists
Literary Historians
Stylisticians
Semanticists
Pragmaticians
And so on.

Stick to generalities or use specifics.

kimbraa:
So, months back while in my friend's room, her room mate asked a question and it goes; "A person who studies/studied English language is called what? Well, I said he/she is a linguist, and she asked if I was sure. Told her to check on google, but she said she couldn't find the answer to it on google. Just this night, I remembered to ask a linguist in my room the same question, and she said I was wrong as studying a language doesn't make one a linguist, but she can't answer the question. Where are my English and Literature students? What's a person who studies/studied English Language called?

saintkeppy:
.

In conclusion,
Besides the above terms or specifics,
So I was correct by sayin' English Language Graduate or English Language Student??

asuustrike2009:

What would you say for a person that studied French in a French speaking country?

kimbraa:
If you knew English as much as you claim, you'd have been able to answer this question than pointing out an error that's inconsequential. And stop abusing exclamation marks.

#charlatan.

kimbraa:
So, months back while in my friend's room, her room mate asked a question and it goes; "A person who studies/studied English language is called what? Well, I said he/she is a linguist, and she asked if I was sure. Told her to check on google, but she said she couldn't find the answer to it on google. Just this night, I remembered to ask a linguist in my room the same question, and she said I was wrong as studying a language doesn't make one a linguist, but she can't answer the question. Where are my English and Literature students? What's a person who studies/studied English Language called?

fratermathy:


100% correct!

Drnice2:
Answer: "An English."
But when they are many, "The English."

kimbraa:
So, months back while in my friend's room, her room mate asked a question and it goes; "A person who studies/studied English language is called what? Well, I said he/she is a linguist, and she asked if I was sure. Told her to check on google, but she said she couldn't find the answer to it on google. Just this night, I remembered to ask a linguist in my room the same question, and she said I was wrong as studying a language doesn't make one a linguist, but she can't answer the question. Where are my English and Literature students? What's a person who studies/studied English Language called?

kimbraa:
So, months back while in my friend's room, her room mate asked a question and it goes; "A person who studies/studied English language is called what? Well, I said he/she is a linguist, and she asked if I was sure. Told her to check on google, but she said she couldn't find the answer to it on google. Just this night, I remembered to ask a linguist in my room the same question, and she said I was wrong as studying a language doesn't make one a linguist, but she can't answer the question. Where are my English and Literature students? What's a person who studies/studied English Language called?

GrammarNazi1:

[s] Even you know that that was not an abuse of exclamation mark. [/s]

Besides, when you make a claim, you have to include evidence. What evidence supports your claim that I abused the exclamation mark in that sentence?

GrammarNazi1:

I, in fact, pointed out her error ! I didn't ask her to check it on Google !