Strive Notes

For the grammar-obsessed among us, all hail the arrival of Grammarman! Brian Boyd, an English teacher with a penchant for comic drawings and good grammar, came up with the idea of a superhero intent on fighting crimes against grammar to help teach his students in Thailand.

Apparently Grammarman was sent to planet Earth as a baby from his native planet that is populated by a quiet and gentle people called Librarians, a peace-loving folk who surround themselves with books and reference works. Grammarman’s mission was to take care of the English language and defend it from the enemies of grammar – Article Ants, Anna Gramme, The Interrupter, Uncle Uncountable and Sammy Colon. He is assisted by Alpha-bot (the world’s smartest android) and Syntax, a strange visitor from another galaxy.

The concept is great and it’s a pity only a select group of students of English are familiar with this battle against the growing scourge of grammar crimes.

Mr Boyd was interviewed about his creation on EnglishClub.com by a Josef Essberger. Good, interesting interview, until, horror, we came to ‘reference to comics of the 40’s and 50’s’. Why, oh why, the apostrophes?

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