Aug 22, 2008

Grammar dorks punished for 'fixing' rare sign


PHOENIX, AZ (AP) - ... Two self-styled vigilantes against typos who defaced a more than 60-year-old, hand-painted sign at Grand Canyon National Park were sentenced to probation and banned from national parks for a year.
They had removed an extraneous apostrophe and added a comma to the sign.
... The sign was made by Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, the architect who designed the rustic 1930s watchtower and other Grand Canyon-area landmarks. Continued

Photo of the Desert View Watchtower by Ross Statham

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