The Pedants' Society

The Pedants' Society

Custodians, since 1847, of the apostrophe; the semicolon; the subjunctive; and of certain other small matters not adequately attended to by the world at large.

The Society maintains a Register of Fellows, conducts an irregular correspondence with the press, and admits new Fellows by application. It does not, as a rule, explain itself.

609
Fellows on the current Roll

Apply for Fellowship

Admission is by preliminary examination. Approximately one minute. Alternatively, the partner assessment is offered for those who do not consider themselves pedants but suspect they live with one.

The Register

The complete Roll of Fellows is maintained publicly. The Society also maintains a separate page for those struck off, on the principle that the cautionary value of the Register is bound up with the visibility of its consequences.