Urban myth proves true: Grammar vigilante is fixing UK signs

LONDON — It’s an urban myth come true — the presence of a man dedicated to ridding the English city of Bristol of grammatical errors in its shop signs. He goes out at night with a self-styled device used to cover up misplaced apostrophes from street signs in the city 120 miles west of London. He uses stickers, not paint. The man has not been identified but he told the BBC in a report broadcast Monday he doesn’t consider his alterations of the signs and store fronts to be a crime. He said the real crime is putting apostrophes in the wrong places to begin with. It’s not a new obsession — he’s been at it for 13 years.