grammar police
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Noun
grammar police (usually plural, but sometimes construed as singular)
- (idiomatic) One or more people who make negative comments, which are usually unsolicited and unwanted, concerning the correctness of someone's English usage.
- 1997 September 7, Patricia T. O'Conner, "Grammar Cops," New York Times (retrieved 13 March 2018)
- The grammar police are cruising the info highway, and they're writing tickets. In newsgroups . . . bad English does not go unnoticed.
- 2012 May 30, Heidi Stevens, "Language: More fun with fewer rules?," Chicago Tribune (retrieved 13 March 2018)
- Some wordsmiths wield their lexicological powers like an angry red pen, rooting out errors and marking them for all the world to see. (We're talking to you, Grammar Police.)
- 2013 May 29, Harry Wallop, "Hay Festival 2013: Oxford professor asks for grammar pedants to relax," Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 13 March 2018)
- A leading Oxford University academic has implored “the grammar police” and spelling pedants to be a bit more relaxed about changing standards of written English.
- 2015 September 24, Madeline Case, "Have you sworn an oath to the Grammar Police?," Business Management Daily (retrieved 13 March 2018)
- [S]ince my mother-in-law was a former public school teacher, she is the Grammar Police.
- 1997 September 7, Patricia T. O'Conner, "Grammar Cops," New York Times (retrieved 13 March 2018)
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