California Students Form a Grammar Club to Correct Mistakes on Public Signs

National Grammar Day is March 4th, and writers, copy editors and linguisitic aficionados nationwide will be bolstering their coverage of common errors in writing, according to the nationalgrammarday.com website.
Students at a California-based university may soon have some light-hearted policing of their communication errors, as English majors and journal editors have formed a "Grammar Gang," reports Pepperdine-Graphic.com.
Using red pens and chalk, the club members correct mistakes on visible signs, posters and chalk messages found throughout the Malibu-based campus. They target common errors, including misplaced apostrophes and the exchange of "you're" for "your," the news source notes.
Group leader Courtney Rolando was prompted to found the club after seeing an egregious lack of punctuation on a sorority banner.
According to their mission statement, the Grammar Gang is "dedicated to serving the students by correcting every misspelling, missing comma, incorrect use of punctuation, improper article use, and any other grammar issues that may occur on public displays."
Though formed in a playful spirit, the organization's emphasis on carefully editing one's communication is important. Individuals may want to heed the importance of grammar and spelling checks to be able to communicate as clearly as possible.