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Old Sep 16, 2003 | 01:27 PM
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Originally posted by WiLL
grammar police is a single unit and its grammAr:naughty:
po·lice
n. pl. police
The governmental department charged with the regulation and control of the affairs of a community, now chiefly the department established to maintain order, enforce the law, and prevent and detect crime.

A body of persons making up such a department, trained in methods of law enforcement and crime prevention and detection and authorized to maintain the peace, safety, and order of the community.
A body of persons having similar organization and function: campus police. Also called police force.
(used with a pl. verb) Police officers considered as a group.
Regulation and control of the affairs of a community, especially with respect to maintenance of order, law, health, morals, safety, and other matters affecting the public welfare.
Informal. A group that admonishes, cautions, or reminds: grammar police; fashion police.

... owned on the grammAr.. but i'm not letting police go!! :chuckles:
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