0 giving too much attention to formal rules or small details: --
They were being unnecessarily pedantic by insisting that Berry himself, and not his wife, should have made the announcement.
1 caring too much about unimportant rules or details and not enough about understanding or appreciating a subject: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.