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grammar police

One or more people who make negative comments, which are usually unsolicited and unwanted, concerning the correctness of someone's English usage.
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The grammar police are cruising the info highway, and they're writing tickets. In newsgroups . . . bad English does not go unnoticed.

Submitted on July 10, 2018

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Grammatik Polizei

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