History Main / GrammarNazi

* Grammar is just one of the many things that makes Butch of ''Webcomic/ChoppingBlock'' completely flip out. [[http://choppingblock.keenspot.com/d/20090505.html Case in point]], this time over the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greengrocers'%20apostrophe Greengrocers' apostrophe]].

* Grammar is just one of the many things that makes Butch of ''Webcomic/ChoppingBlock'' completely flip out. [[http://choppingblock.keenspot.com/d/20090505.html Case in point.]]

Compare YouMakeMeSic. See ArtisticLicenseLinguistics, TheBigListOfBooboosAndBlunders, RougeAnglesOfSatin, WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma, and UsefulNotes/{{Tenses}} for errors that are likely to invoke Grammar Nazis' wrath. If you want to make a Grammar Nazi upset, add an AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter to something they wrote. If there's an error ''everyone'' can see, it may be a TyopOnTheCover. The Grammar Nazi is the sworn enemy of the {{Malaproper}}. May overlap with CausticCritic and AccentuateTheNegative. Usually a form of SingleIssueWonk.

-->'''Centurion:''' People called "Romanes", they go the house?\\\

A Spelling Nazi is a subtype of Grammar Nazi, specializing in spelling. A Spelling Nazi would actively fight the RougeAnglesOfSatin. A Spelling Nazi would make sure that "definately" was written by "definitely" and not "defiantly." A Spelling Nazi would always spell the names of the characters, settings, attacks, and {{MacGuffin}}s in its fandom correctly if the correct spellings are known (and [[SpellMyNameWithAnS if they aren't]], then expect those of different ideologies to [[InternetBackdraft try to tear one another's throats out over which is more "correct"]]). And [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage God save us all if a British Spelling Nazi ever meets an American one]].

** "Word Crimes", a parody of "Blurred Lines" by Creator/RobinThicke, is entirely about this phenomenon, with the character listing various common grammar errors that irk him. He takes this to extremes when he aggressively belittles and threats physical violence to people who do not use proper grammar. Also, the final lyric in the song [[[HypocriticalHumor intetentionally contains a split inifitive.]]

** Taken UpToEleven with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc Word Crimes]]", which is basically "''Grammar Nazi: The Song''".

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has this trope as one of Stannis Baratheon's many strict personality hang-ups. For an idea of what he's like, see the Game of Thrones' entry below in Live Action.

* Yorick from ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'' is an English major and as such, often points out other grammatical mistakes and even his own on occasion. An especially nice example is when he tells a journalist that she splits more infinitives than Gene Roddenberry.

'''Centurion:''' Domus? ''Nominative''?!
:: RealLife Grammar Nazis agree that the centurion's corrections are [[ShownTheirWork spot on]], except for a minor reference to the locative case, which has nothing to do with the accusative construction "domum" (the locative would be "domi" and is more closely related to the ablative of location).

** Judge Phelan admonishes Jimmy [=McNulty=] for a report plagued with grammatical mistakes. This is justified, as an official document should be written properly, and also because judges are notorious for being very picky about grammatical errors and other solecisms. The complaint reflects more on [=McNulty=]'s dissipated ways.

** Being a grammar watchdog is part of the job description of Gus Haynes, the City editor for ''The Baltimore Sun''. In one of his first scenes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeYwa-DCiWk Gus schools Alma Gutierrez]], a rookie journo, on the usage of "to evacuate". Buildings are evacuated, not people unless you mean the person is getting an enema. Series creator David Simon was chastised similarly [[http://www.vulture.com/2008/01/the_wire_copyediting_scandal_d.html back in the day, but Alma is not entirely incorrect]]. Gets a BrickJoke in "Clarifications" when [=McNulty=] and Christeson are looking at a body:

* Similarly, the late [[Theatre/TheOddCouple Tony Randall]] corrected the host's grammar at least one appearance on ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares''.

* The [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20090714.html North American Grammar Squirrel,]] who corrects the cast of ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' at the expense of their fourth wall.

* Carl Hiaasen "Star Island". The hired bodyguard is one and is so annoyed by his employee that he corrects her with electroshocks (somehow against the idea of a bodyguard).

* One column in ''The Times'' by Philip Howard was a ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'' pastiche, describing a bunch of celebrities who complain about technical faults with English (split infinitives, misplaced apostrophes...) while their own more fundamental abuses of the language go unchecked (one is a spin doctor who twists the truth, another is a book pundit never reads or writes but uses book events to cadge free drinks, and so on).

[[caption-width-right:350:Aren't you forgetting an important three-letter word known as '''''SEX?''''']]

Grammar Nazis 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 add 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 are derived from French and other Latin-descended languages and were invented for the sole purpose of annoying English-speakers. They'll also likely become a [[Administrivia/TVTropesGlossary Serial Tweaker]], careful to quickly correct their own mistakes. (We hope.)

A Spelling Nazi is a subtype of Grammar Nazi, specializing in spelling. A Spelling Nazi would actively fight the RougeAnglesOfSatin. A Spelling Nazi would make sure that "definately" was replaced by "definitely" and not "defiantly." A Spelling Nazi would always spell the names of the characters, settings, attacks, and {{MacGuffin}}s in its fandom correctly if the correct spellings are known (and [[SpellMyNameWithAnS if they aren't]], then expect those of different ideologies to [[InternetBackdraft try to tear one another's throats out over which is more "correct"]]). And [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage God save us all if a British Spelling Nazi ever meets an American one]].

Grammar Nazis 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 add 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 are derived from French and other Latin-descended languages and were invented for the sole purpose of annoying English-speakers. They'll also likely become a SerialTweaker, careful to quickly correct their own mistakes. (We hope.)

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-->'''Jaffa:''' No matter what you have endured, you have never endured the likes of what Anubis is capable of.\\
'''O'Neill:''' ''[gasping]'' You... ended that sentence with a preposition... ''bastard''.

A Spelling Nazi is a subtype of GrammarNazi, specializing in spelling. A Spelling Nazi would actively fight the RougeAnglesOfSatin. A Spelling Nazi would make sure that "definately" was replaced by "definitely" and not "defiantly." A Spelling Nazi would always spell the names of the characters, settings, attacks, and {{MacGuffin}}s in its fandom correctly if the correct spellings are known (and [[SpellMyNameWithAnS if they aren't]], then expect those of different ideologies to [[InternetBackdraft try to tear one another's throats out over which is more "correct"]]). And [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage God save us all if a British Spelling Nazi ever meets an American one]].

** In the BatmanColdOpen of the episode "The Great Game", a prospective client describes the events leading to his wife's murder, but is repeatedly interrupted by Holmes to correct his grammar (see quotes page for complete exchange).

** In the pilot, Rawls insists that [=McNulty's=] punishment report be written in a certain format with no spelling mistakes. And be sure to use those little dots. The deputy likes dots. When Jimmy relates his task to his Sergeant, Jay Landsman doesn't give a shit about it.