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A captious individual who cannot resist the urge to correct a spelling and/or grammar mistake even in informal settings.  After pointing out the linguistic shortcomings in others,  a Grammar Nazi feels a strange sense of twisted and unconstructive [intelligentsia] delight.

In reality, they are making someone else feel bad for no reason and unintentionally implying that their "superior" grammar skills are all they have to show for a wasted [liberal arts] education.

While proper grammar usage is all well and good, a Grammar Nazi cavils even [insignificant] errors in [English] to somehow win an argument.  Of course, rather than being genuinely persuasive in an argument, pointing out English errors is a  weak attack only on the typist's credibility and never has any bearing on the underlying premises and assertions therein.

In other words, this is simply a disguised ad hominem argument which intelligent and logical people disregard.

Still, one should strive to spell and use words properly, but arrogant and unsolicited advice is not a very persuasive way to teach English.

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