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Ruslan Ermilov writes:
> One of the main meanings of the verb "police", according
> to www.m-w.com is "to make clean and put in order", and
> I used it pretty much in this sense (and I thought that
> "style(9) police" means this same).

It does mean that, but in a sort of authoritarian sense. "To police
a neighbourhood" meaning to clean up a crime problem.

The word gets used jokingly in other contexts; "That dress is awful!
Call the fashion police! In fact, police your whole wardrobe!".

In the second sense, "style(9) police" is a bit of a joke. But like
all jokes it gets stale when overused, and in some cases, the original
meaning of the word may be suspected.

> But if native speakers think differently, I'm fine with it.

Cool. :-)

M
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