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Be careful when and how you accuse someone of being a Grammar Nazi, because doing so is, by definition, an automatic invocation of [[Godwin's Law]]. Being a Grammar Nazi can occasionally be a good thing, especially when [[Illiteracy Communist (Darth Wiki)|Illiteracy Communists]] are utterly mangling the English language. And when you do so, don't misspell "Grammar" (like the trope image did). This isn't ''[[Frasier]]''. (Or ''[[Greek]]''.)
Often, people will be accused of being Grammar Nazis by someone who simply cannot grasp simple second-grade English concepts, such as confusing "you're" for "your". Even worse, a Grammar Nazi will jump all over people who use grammar that is technically incorrect but that [[Reality Is Unrealistic|seems correct because
But of course, some people -- [[Godwin's Law]] or not - bear the title with pride. [[Super OCD|They seek order within the literary confines of the Internet]]. [[Utopia Justifies the Means|S'not such a bad cause, aye]]? A good rule of thumb to distinguish between "good" and "[[Troll|bad]]" ones is: the former will usually overlook [[Self-Demonstrating Article|ovbious tyops]].
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