grammar police | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)One or more people who make negative comments, which are usuallyunsolicitedandunwanted, concerning thecorrectnessof someone's Englishusage.Synonyms:grammar cop;grammando,grammar NaziCoordinate term:wordie1997September 7,Patricia T. O'Conner, “Grammar Cops”, inNew York Times, retrieved13 March 2018:Thegrammar policeare cruising the info highway, and they're writing tickets. In newsgroups . . . bad English does not go unnoticed.2012May 30, Heidi Stevens, “Language: More fun with fewer rules?”, inChicago Tribune, retrieved13 March 2018: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.)2013May 29, Harry Wallop, “Hay Festival 2013: Oxford professor asks for grammar pedants to relax”, inTelegraph, UK, retrieved13 March 2018:A leading Oxford University academic has implored “thegrammar police” and spelling pedants to be a bit more relaxed about changing standards of written English.2015September 24, Madeline Case, “Have you sworn an oath to theGrammar Police?”, inBusiness Management Daily, retrieved13 March 2018:[S]ince my mother-in-law was a former public school teacher, she is theGrammar Police.

Examples:

EN: Is that what you're looking for, grammar police?
ES: ¿Eso es lo que buscabas, la policía gramática?
EN: What are you, the grammar police? That's a real word.
ES: Mintió sobre el vagabundo en el callejón.
EN: What are you, the grammar police?
ES: ¿Quién sos, la policía de la gramática?
EN: "Stop being the grammar police.
ES: "Deja de ser la policía gramatical.
EN: Not the time, grammar police!
ES: ¡No es el momento, policía gramatical!
EN: I mean, I don't want to be the grammar police here, but "Get us not killed"?
ES: Quiero decir, no quiero ser el policía gramatical aquí, pero "¿conseguir no ser asesinados?"
EN: People want to live with a wife, not with the grammar police.
ES: La gente quiere una esposa, no la policía lingüística.
EN: Hey, I actually thought you were cool because you were the grammar police.
ES: En realidad, me parecía genial que fueras la policía lingüística.
EN: I don't want to be grammar police.
ES: No quiero ser policía gramatical.
EN: The grammar police won't be breaking down your door.
HI: -बिजली का कर्मचारी आपका दरवाजा नहीं खटखटाएगा।
EN: I usually don't care for the spelling/grammar police on blog forums but I can't take it anymore.
HI: अब देखिए, मैं आमतौर पर एक साइट्रस फेस / बॉडी मास्क में राशसूल क्ले जोड़ने की सलाह नहीं देता, लेकिन यहां मैं खुद को प्रलोभन को नियंत्रित नहीं कर सका।
EN: The "Beauty and the Beast" star poked fun at herself and the grammar police on Twitter the following day by writing, "Fake tattoo proofreading position available.
HI: 'ब्यूटी एंड द बीस्ट' स्टार ने खुद को और व्याकरण पुलिस को अगले दिन ट्विटर पर मजाकिया अंदाज में लिखा, 'फेक टैटू प्रूफरीडिंग पोजिशन उपलब्ध है।
EN: Damn......and here I was waiting for the grammar police to hammer your ass!
HI: मैं- ज़ारा, यार तेरी गांड चोदने का मन था!
EN: The Beauty and the Beast star poked fun at herself and the grammar police on Twitter the following day by writing, "Fake tattoo proofreading position available.
HI: 'ब्यूटी एंड द बीस्ट' स्टार ने खुद को और व्याकरण पुलिस को अगले दिन ट्विटर पर मजाकिया अंदाज में लिखा, 'फेक टैटू प्रूफरीडिंग पोजिशन उपलब्ध है।
EN: Aahhhh....the grammar police have arrived on the message board.
HI: आमेर थाना पुलिस पहुँची मोके पर

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