[Grammar] Is this sentence correct

[rohit92]

His pedantic behavior while eating in the restaurant irritates others in the group.

Thanks

 

[Rover_KE]

It's only correct if he keeps criticising the spelling and punctuation of the menu and correcting the grammar of the staff and his fellow diners.

Please note that a better title would have been His pedantic behaviour.

 

[rohit92]

Thanks. But I wanted to say the person keeps arguing about what to eat at what time I.e.kind of a bookish thought belief. How can that be written?

 

[Raymott]

That sounds more obsessional than pedantic.

 

[Rover_KE]

Consider pernickety​.

 

[Tdol]

Or fussy.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Or "persnickety" in AmE.

 

[Tdol]

Or "persnickety" in AmE.

I didn't know that, but it has a good ring to it.;-)

 

[MikeNewYork]

I don'r know why the "s" was added, but the etymology dictionary traces it to the late 1800s.