"grammar police" meaning in English

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          "text": "Coordinate term: wordie"
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          "ref": "1997 September 7, Patricia T. O'Conner, “Grammar Cops”, in New York Times, retrieved 2018-03-13",
          "text": "The grammar police are cruising the info highway, and they're writing tickets. In newsgroups . . . bad English does not go unnoticed.",
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          "ref": "2012 May 30, Heidi Stevens, “Language: More fun with fewer rules?”, in Chicago Tribune, retrieved 2018-03-13",
          "text": "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.)",
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          "ref": "2013 May 29, Harry Wallop, “Hay Festival 2013: Oxford professor asks for grammar pedants to relax”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 2018-03-13",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2015 September 24, Madeline Case, “Have you sworn an oath to the Grammar Police?”, in Business Management Daily, retrieved 2018-03-13",
          "text": "[S]ince my mother-in-law was a former public school teacher, she is the Grammar Police.",
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        "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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        "(idiomatic) 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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          "word": "grammar cop"
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        {
          "word": ";"
        },
        {
          "word": "grammando"
        },
        {
          "word": "grammar Nazi"
        }
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          "text": "Coordinate term: wordie"
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          "ref": "2012 May 30, Heidi Stevens, “Language: More fun with fewer rules?”, in Chicago Tribune, retrieved 2018-03-13",
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