A pair of grammar vigilantes, who have been traveling the country correcting bad grammar on government signs, have just been fined $3,035 for removing an extraneous apostrophe and adding a comma to a sign at the Grand Canyon. The age of the 60-year old sign apparently graced these errors with historical significance.
Rather than rewarding these modern heroes with an Amazon.com gift certificate for saving their government from the embarrassment of linguistic ineptitude, the court ordered the fine to “repair the sign”. One would’ve thought that this is exactly what they did. I have to conclude that the money will be spent to reinstate the offending apostrophe and remove the comma.
When your government goes from passive disinterest in bad grammar to actively investing in it, you need to be worried. Lynne Truss, this country needs you.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26351328/
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Next time don't get caught, LOL. Your posts are really cracking me up.
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