Signing off

A British man, irritated by the poor grammar on the sign denoting the area where he lives, decided to take matters into his own hands. Armed with a tin of black paint and a brush, he added an apostrophe so that St Johns Close in the town of Tunbridge Wells became St John's Close.
February 22, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A British man, irritated by the poor grammar on the sign denoting the area where he lives, decided to take matters into his own hands. Armed with a tin of black paint and a brush, he added an apostrophe so that St Johns Close in the town of Tunbridge Wells became St John's Close. The former soldier said that good grammar is worth standing up for and vowed to continue his fight against the dastardly agents of poor English. A spokesperson for the local council said that when the signs are replaced, they will be punctuated correctly.

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