nit-pick

I must say, the guy rewriting this report is doing a thorough nit-pick ..

Obama to hit the trail in Virginia 2009

A nit-pick, but incorrect spelling has always bothered me for some reason: incompetance – incompetence.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Where Government Incompetance is Used to Discredit Private Enterprise 2010

These kinds of articles and books are written for the scholar/author (the rule is called publish or perish) and the nine other scholar/authors in his/her field, who will nit-pick them to death in their own articles and books (the rule is called publish or perish).

The Volokh Conspiracy » A Great Law School Dean Doesn’t Have to be a Great Scholar 2010

I don't like to nit-pick apologies (hoping, down the road, that God won't nit-pick mine), but Paolo is right.

Williamson apologizes. Schönborn criticizes. 2009

I watched the whole piece and don't want to nit-pick.

Going to the Source of the Christopher West Controversy 2009

The costs to actually fix such little nit-pick problems, which likely exist at any of our own homes, will add up quickly too and those costs will also be passed on to renters.

Council Considers Rental-Housing Inspection Proposal « PubliCola 2010

Not to nit-pick, but the sugar import quota czar is apparently a “she” – not a “he.”

Matthew Yglesias » Public Sector Pay 2010

Although, I suppose in some twisted way it's appropriate that I half-seriously nit-picked your half-serious nit-pick.

How To Address The $5 RE5 Vs. Mode Issue SVGL 2009

My second nit-pick about the three-part ending was the large number of flashbacks.

MIND MELD: If We Ran Battlestar Galactica 2009

I do find The Killing hypnotic, and not just because of the rain, so haven't really felt the desire to nit-pick the improbabilities the way I do when I watch shows like the various CSI dramas and the new Body of Proof, where crime-scene techs and medical examiners routinely overstep their bounds.

Ask Matt: The Good Wife, The Killing, and More! 2011