morning a year or so ago. they must be having a great time.
on edit--found this about them:
'Grammar vigilantes' fined for fixing sign at Grand Canyon
Misplacing an apostrophe isn't a federal offense, but fixing one is -- at least when it involves a historic sign inside a national landmark.
Benjamin Herson, 28, of Virginia Beach and Jeff Deck, 28, of Somerville, Mass., learned that lesson the hard way. Federal officials in Arizona charged the self-described "grammar vigilantes" with defacing a nearly 70-year-old hand-painted sign in a watchtower along the Grand Canyon's South Rim.
The two men, Dartmouth College graduates whose friendship was forged in a creative writing class, pleaded guilty this month to one misdemeanor count of conspiracy to vandalize government property. In their plea, they acknowledged using error-correcting fluid and a marker to conceal a misplaced apostrophe, insert a new one and add a comma.
They added an apostrophe in "women’s" and added a comma in a list, both in the first paragraph of the sign's text (see large photo). The location of the concealed apostrophe is unclear.
Herson and Deck made the correction in March during a road trip across the country to "stamp out as many typos as we can find" on behalf of the Typo Eradication Advancement League, according to court records. The pair drew national media attention and chronicled their efforts on a blog. Investigators submitted those posts and photos as evidence.
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http://hamptonroads.com/2008/08/grammar-vigilantes-fined-fixing-sign-grand-canyon
I was visiting one of the local historic museums a couple of years ago, and there were so many mistakes in the information boards I wanted to scream. I did call one of the docents over to point them out, and was told "well, we had volunteers doing it." "And nobody bothered to proofread any of it?" siggghhhh
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