Whanganui grammar vigilante Margi Keys has heard from the man who has inspired her crusade - the Bristol Apostrophiser.
Mr A - he remains anonymous - received global publicity when his late-night antics adding and deleting apostrophes to public signs were uncovered by British media.
That led to former school teacher Ms Keys reaching for her chalk and duster and correcting poor grammar and spelling on signs throughout the district.
Ms Keys featured in a Chronicle story which was read by Mr A, who contacted her via the Chronicle.
He wrote: "I guess you know that the Bristol Grammar Vigilante story went ballistic around the world on April 3.
"I was 'innocently' carrying out my style of corrections for years till the BBC got wind of it. From anonymity to ... well, anonymity on a world wide scale."
Ms Keys was thrilled to correspond with the Apostrophiser and has redoubled her efforts to correct poor public signage.
She has started a group named Grammar Vigilantes Aotearoa.
"To date we are a group of three women - Rachel in Auckland, Lianne in Taupo and myself in Whanganui - our kits of chalk, permanent marker and duster are at the ready at all times," Ms Keys said.
"On my holiday up north I had fun taking photos, so there has been quite a bit of activity on my Facebook wall, with photos posted of signs showing grammatical mistakes and friends finding those mistakes and commenting on them.
"If they couldn't find all the errors, and asked me, I would tell them, so there has been a bit of education going on."
She says "the comma splice" has had its day.
"I found an example on a DoC sign in Hahei. Later I heard the sign had been taken down ... not sure if they heard I was around."
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And on the way home she felt compelled to fix up the signs where the letter 'h' had been removed from Whanganui River signage.
