Anonymous vigilantes on mission to clean up Ecuador’s graffiti

Carefree: A child playing near the Cathedral of Quito, oblivious to the graffiti on the wall. Photo: Reuters

‘I couldn’t believe that in just two sentences there were more than 10 grammatical errors,’ says one of the grammar pedants.

In the dead of night, two men steal through the streets of Quito armed with spray cans and a zeal for reform. They are not political activists or revolutionaries: they are radical grammar pedants on a mission to correctly punctuate Ecuador’s graffiti.