Definition
One or more people who make negative comments, which are usually unsolicited and unwanted, concerning the correctness of someone's English usage.
In Context
- "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."
Also Said As
- grammar cop
- ;
- grammando
- grammar Nazi