Good grammar a crime in Arizona
Talk about a victimless crime! Jeff Michael Deck of Somerville, Mass. and Benjamin Douglas Herson of Virginia Beach, Va. have apparently been going around the country correcting grammar and typos on public signs. I love it.
The typo vigilantes were arrested in Arizona after “fixing” a sign at the Grand Canyon. The dynamic duo are now banned from all national parks for a year. Maybe they should head off to Washington and spend some time fixing the public record of nearly everything President Bush has uttered publicly in the past 7 years?
Their project is called the Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL), and a google search pulls up some fun stories about them. Their Web site has been takin down, but here are some fun stories:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-typo-guys-0521may21,0,6902266.story
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87937893
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2004367117_danny23.html
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/03/29/on_the_road_looking_for_typos/
By the way, I purposely added a typo in this story — can you find it or should we call TEAL?
Good grammar a crime in Arizona
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August 22nd, 2008 at 8:51 am
There’s actually 3 typos. Google is cap, it is Dynamic Duo is, not are and taken, not takin.
August 22nd, 2008 at 8:54 am
Well, it doesn’t make what they did any less of a crime.
That said, I wish they’d focused on the Arizona Republic, which has daily typos.
August 22nd, 2008 at 8:56 am
Dan, no one has that much time.
August 22nd, 2008 at 8:59 am
Grammar Geeks unite!
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I thought this story was quite funny. They could have a full time job in Mississippi (was that four s’s, and four i’s. I can envision Bill Geist covering this on CBS News Sunday Morning.
August 26th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Well, I was going to comment on the typo, but see Richard beat me to the punch. One other minor note, which could be argued, but if you are going by AP Style, “7″ should be spelled out.
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December 10th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
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