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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. Re:Bansky? by arth1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    We need a grammar vigilante to come here and correct the misspelling in your subject.

  2. Grammar this by earthloop · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have a friend who has the nickname 'Chip'. I keep suggesting to him that he should open a fish and chip shop and call it.....

    Chip's

  3. Re:Vigilante? by Hardhead_7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Golly, here on the internet, they're called "Grammar Nazis". Maybe people who correct bad grammar aren't so bad after all...

    Fun fact: in Germany, they don't call them Grammar Nazis (obviously). Their word basically translates as "comma fuckers," which is way cooler.

  4. Re:Wrong Criminal by fnj · · Score: 5, Funny

    People who's job

    Bwahahaha!

  5. Re: Why is this even on Slashdot? by denzacar · · Score: 5, Funny

    "A count is also a measure."

    Only if accompanied by a unit

    Occasionally, a count is a vampire.
    And number is how you feel after he sucks the blood out of your body.

    --
    Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens