Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grammar police

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: gram-mar po-lice
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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."

Frequently Paired Words

wordie

Synonyms

grammar cop grammando grammar Nazi

Questions

What does grammar police mean?: 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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