The article follows Jennifer Griffin and friends as they gather for a girls' night out in Manhattan, excited to see 'Rebel With a Clause', a documentary about Ellen Jovin's journey promoting grammar across all 50 states. The film showcases Jovin's unique approach to teaching punctuation through interactive conversations, contrasting the often-digital communication of modern life. The group of friends shares a common enthusiasm for linguistic nuances, underscoring how deeper connections can emerge between those who share quirky interests like grammar.
"When you find someone as nerdy as you are about the Oxford comma, you find you have plenty of other things in common," said Ms. Kuklinski, an actuary.
The film's star, Ellen Jovin, schleps her table from Maine to Hawaii, dispensing lessons that are precise but not pedantic, engaging in the sort of face-to-face conversations that are absent from contemporary life.
The women are members of a group chat in which they text each other about the words they find in the New York Times Spelling Bee game.
Ellen Jovin set up a grammar table in all 50 states for passers-by to stop and ask her about punctuation and past participles.
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