I read and enjoyed this book several years ago, so am always pleased to find another copy to share!

Here's the older review:
A very good read, at times quite humorous. The most interesting aspect for me, aside from some of the ridiculous errors the authors encountered, was the range of reactions of store/restaurant staff to the authors' request for permission to correct said errors. These ranged from "oh, thanks for telling me - of course you may make the correction" to "I can't change that without permission", to "that's not an error". An interesting study in human nature!

And the story of how one unauthorized correction got the authors into very hot water was a cautionary tale about overzealousness!

Quick, enjoyable read.
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Amazon:
The signs of the times are missing apostrophes.

The world needed a hero, but how would an editor with no off-switch answer the call? For Jeff Deck, the writing was literally on the wall: “NO TRESSPASSING.” In that moment, his greater purpose became clear. Dark hordes of typos had descended upon civilization… and only he could wield the marker to defeat them.

Recruiting his friend Benjamin and other valiant companions, he created the Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL). Armed with markers, chalk, and correction fluid, they circumnavigated America, righting the glaring errors displayed in grocery stores, museums, malls, restaurants, mini-golf courses, beaches, and even a national park. Jeff and Benjamin championed the cause of clear communication, blogging about their adventures transforming horor into horror, it’s into its, and coconunut into coconut.


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But at the Grand Canyon, they took one correction too far: fixing the bad grammar in a fake Native American watchtower. The government charged them with defacing federal property and summoned them to court—with a typo-ridden complaint that claimed that they had violated “criminal statues.” Now the press turned these paragons of punctuation into “grammar vigilantes,” airing errors about their errant errand...


The radiant dream of TEAL would not fade, though. Beneath all those misspelled words and mislaid apostrophes, Jeff and Benjamin unearthed deeper dilemmas about education, race, history, and how we communicate. Ultimately their typo-hunting journey tells a larger story not just of proper punctuation but of the power of language and literacy—and the importance of always taking a second look.

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On its way to rhythmbiscuit via booklady331's Nonfiction VBB.

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