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'Grammar Vigilante' Secretly Corrects Bristol Street Signs (irishtimes.com)

Posted by msmash on from the silent-guardian dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: A self-confessed "grammar vigilante" has been secretly correcting bad punctuation on street signs and shop fronts in Bristol for more than a decade. The anonymous crusader carries out his work in the dead of night using the "Apostrophiser" -- a long-handled tool he created to reach the highest signs. The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, told the BBC that correcting rogue apostrophes is his speciality.

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  1. idiots like this on stackflow by known_coward_69 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    you ask a question and they go in and capitalize words and change a few things for proper grammar but don't even bother to help you with an answer

    someone needs to show them a naked girl or slap them every time they go OCD on something

  2. No thanks by SuperKendall · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Slashdot is already plenty full of tools.

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