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Grammar Nazi

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alt title(s): Grammar Police; Grammarian; Grammarian From Hell; Spelling Stasi

Sieg Whom!!

Avery: What are you, some kind of grammar nazi?
Millie: Yep. I've just invaded Grammar Czechoslovakia and duped Grammar Neville Chamberlain, and now it's off to Grammar Poland and Grammar World Conquest!!
— Ozy And Millie, proving Neville Chamberlain had no information regarding the topic which he was discussing.

"Whoever killed her...also murdered the English language."
— Rick Castle, who later goes on to correct who/whom and the improper use of the word ironic.

Somewhere along the line this contributor got more into the form than the content. They sometimes leave snarky little notes in discussion areas about the correct use of italics or where the apostrophe goes in "its/it's." They don't actually add no any new content — except possibly passive-aggressive "help" articles on proper usage of the semicolon. At their worst, they are known for insisting on "rules of English" which don't actually exist.

For example, they believe one is ~~to never split~~ never to split infinitives because Latin and many other European languages don't, or even worse, "don't end a sentence with a preposition". Because ending a sentence with a preposition is something ~~they will not put up with~~ up with which they will not put. Even if it invariably leads to awkward or confusing renderings.

The mascot of Grammar Nazis everywhere is Bob the Angry Flower

. Another favourite is the Grammar Nazi from Queen of Wands

Also, Herr Starr, from Preacher, who destroys a subordinate's report with a handgun for "Improper use of inverted commas!

◊" (The subordinate had used quotation marks, instead of bold or italic face, for emphasis.) Meanwhile, in absolute obscurity, the Fairy of Good Grammar from Spelling The Vacuum, whose grammar powers tie the universe together, and The Perry Bible Fellowship has, as always, its own twisted take

◊ on the concept. Orson Welles became one when he did a voiceover commercial for frozen peas

For tropes about grandma nazis, see Retired Complete Monster.

Be careful when and how you accuse someone of being a Grammar Nazi

, because doing so is, by definition, an automatic invocation of ~~Godwins Law~~ Godwin's Law. Being a Grammar Nazi can occasionally be a good thing, especially when Illiteracy Communists mangling the English language to be near-~~unintelligableunintelligibleunintelligableunintelligibleunintelligable~~ wrong are in the vicinity. And when you do so, don't misspell "Grammar". This ~~ain't~~ isn't Frasier. (Or Greek.)

...Heil hyphen!