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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