Life on the Road

Nick and I are big fans of proper English. We laughed out loud reading Eats, Shoots and Leaves.

In fact, we even got Jewel started early:

Anyhow, at the back of the book, Ms. Truss provides a sticker kit for vigelante punctuation correction – big red apostrophes and all.

We didn’t feel that was really acceptable behavior – although it was certainly appealing. After some deliberation, we decided to simply share the entertaining usage we stumbled across with you.

Although punctuation is a favorite, we’ll pick up some grammer and other oddities along the way, as well.

Re-inventing the acronym from the Artemis Fowl series, we’re calling ourselves the “‘Learn English Properly!’ Recon Squad” … or, LEPrecon. (Or simply Punctuation Police).

To get things rolling, here’s a sign we saw yesterday at our local Boston Market restaurant:

Apparently, YOU ARE the #1 choice…

[The correct usage is "Your", which is possessive]