A man after my own heart
We just saw a piece on the news about Jeff Deck, a guy who’s traveling around the country correcting misspellings, including misplaced apostrophes, in storefront signs. His route is plotted on the Typo Eradication Action League site.
Here’s his post from New Orleans; he’s in LA right now!
I’m glad someone took up the challenge to do this; I think it’s important work, as you can tell by how I categorize it.
Deet says:
You should read 20 papers written by 18 year olds who are used to texting, don’t know what a proper noun is, and think that we go out to fine dinning restaurants. Tense change drives me crazy and they don’t knwo when to break a paragraph.
Kudos to this guy!
mark says:
Kaye, this is great. This stuff drives me crazy too. The dude’s a bit long-winded (and if I think he’s long-winded he’s one chatty mofo), but he’s doing god’s work.
Makes me want to add to the collection by taking my own pics on the M&M Pie in the Sky tour.
Val says:
Heh, I was afraid this would happen: Mark, this is Val’s post, not Kate’s. We made the author name bold in the footer info, but it’s not clear enough. Our upcoming redesign will make the author more obvious. In the meantime, I’ll try to write in a less ambiguous voice.
mark says:
Sorry dude, it’s not the voice is ambiguous, only that you’ve achieved Kateco’s dependable level of awesomeness. Also you don’t post all that often; I’m trained expect Kaye’s genius here.
Bolder type on the author would help too.
kate says:
I can’t wait for the new nightnote design to be rolled out! Gotta finish up tat californiaauthors — but clarity (and beauty!) is on the way.
kate says:
hey! from August 2002 katecohen.com: Bob the Angry Flower’s Quick Guide to the Apostrophe.
mark says:
I love Bob’s Guide to the Apostrophe, especially the “You Idiots” he adds to the title. Very funny.
I don’t know what that cartoon is from, but it could be a continuing grammar series, if it isn’t already.