Meaning of grammar police | Babel Free

Definitions

One or more people who make negative comments, which are usually unsolicited and unwanted, concerning the correctness of someone's English usage.

idiomatic, plural, plural-only

Examples

“The grammar police are cruising the info highway, and they're writing tickets. In newsgroups . . . bad English does not go unnoticed.”

“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.)”

“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.”

“[S]ince my mother-in-law was a former public school teacher, she is the Grammar Police.”

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