Ellen Jovin is at the Grammar Table

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Roving grammarian hooking up words and phrases and clauses, now in rollicking grammar road trip movie! https://www.rebelwithaclause.com/

picture of grammar chocolates reading "Word Nerds Unite"
Screenshot of Boston Globe piece by Ellen Jovin: "What I've learned from helping strangers with their grammar"
Picture of Ellen Jovin with text reading "10th month at New Plaza Cinema, Rebel with a Clause, Sat Feb 21 5pm Q&A with star Ellen Jovin and filmmaker Brandt Johnson, 35 W. 67th Street, NewPlazaCinema.org"
ARTS & CULTURE The Philadelphia Inquirer Grammar nerds and languages lovers gather for a sold-out documentary at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute. The movie follows language expert Ellen Jovin as she takes her makeshift Grammar Table on an exhilarating journey across the U.S. Photo by Denali Sagner (who also wrote the article) of a crowded theater with the caption "Moviegoers prepare for a screening of grammar documentary Rebel with Clause at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute on Jan. 24, 2026."
A photo of the full theater with the movie playing
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UPCOMING GRAMMAR MOVIE DATES We will be there Jan 10: Long Beach CA Jan 12: San Luis Obispo, CA Jan 24: Bryn Mawr, PA Please visit rebelwithaclause.com and click Screenings for details and ticketing.
map of Rebel screenings to date
Screening info from https://www.rebelwithaclause.com/screenings
Handwritten sign about the details of a Rebel with a Clause screening today at 6pm: https://www.rebelwithaclause.com/screenings/screening-at-new-plaza-cinema-13
New Yorkers! REBEL WITH A CLAUSE will be playing at New Plaza Cinema on W. 67th St. this Sunday 11/30 at 4:45 PM. Brandt and I will be there and so will numerous grammar accoutrements: grammar books, grammar quizzes, grammar chocolates, grammar Q&A, and Grammar Table. Tickets are dwindling, so please buy ahead! rebelwithaclause.com/screenings
Diagram: A sloth walked into a bar, and it took a whole day.
Drawing showing upcoming Rebel with a Clause shows listed at https://www.rebelwithaclause.com/screenings
Shows listed at https://www.rebelwithaclause.com/screenings
Screenshot from https://www.rebelwithaclause.com/screenings showing two Ontario events: Oct 30 in Windsor and Nov 8 in Stratford
Screening dates shown at https://www.rebelwithaclause.com/screenings
theater schematic showing 44 tickets sold
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Photo from sold-out July 2025 screening of "Rebel with a Clause"
Jane Pickens Theater (aka JPT)
Movie key art showing Ellen at the Grammar Table and Brandt with a camera
Rebel with a Clause poster
Schedule of showtimes available at https://newplazacinema.org/showtimes/
poster of Rebel with a Clause
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Brandt and Ellen in foreground, KC FilmFest logo in background, BBQ off to the side out of view
still from the movie "Rebel with a Clause" by Brandt Johnson
Ellen and grammar guests doing grammar on the streets of Detroit
Ellen and the Grammar Table on the NYC subway
SVA Theatre marquee reading "Rebel with a Clause, a film by Brandt Johnson, starring Ellen Jovin"
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photograph of the book Rebel with a Clause by Ellen Jovin
Photo of Brandt Johnson and Tom Paul with Ellen on screen in background
Grammar Table with camera and mic in Savannah, Georgia
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Ellen at the Grammar Table (again)
Grammar breakdown of the sentence "We thank you for your support of the movie "Rebel with a Clause"! Website: rebelwithaclause.com
Ellen at the Grammar Table in Savannah, Georgia, with movie gear on and around the table.
Ellen's stick-figure drawing of a very large turkey saying "I feel past participles are of limited relevance to my daily life" while a family next to him expresses enthusiasm for both grammar and pie.
photo of my hotel in The Hague
Photo taken in Central Park with a view to the west
Screenshot of Kickstarter campaign for "Rebel with a Clause"
Colorful letters and a headshot of Ellen Jovin with “Feat. Ellen Jovin’s Grammar Table” on a pink background above text. Text reads: Wordplay Wednesday, Oct. 2 at Planet Word, 5–8 p.m. ET, Don’t miss the roving grammarian, Ellen Jovin, at October’s after hours event! In the bottom right corner are the logos of Planet Word and Immigrant Food.
The Harris-Walz campaign is confusing grammar nerds everywhere August 18, 2024, 8:18 AM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday David Folkenflik 3-Minute Listen Download What's the rule for making a name ending in 's' possessive, or plural possessive? NPR's David Folkenflik talks with grammarian Ellen Jovin, who's watched the confusion over the Harris-Walz ticket.
A Grammar Table table showing that Chicago Manual of Style, Garner's Modern English Usage, MLA Handbook, NYT, APA, WSJ, and WaPo all use Harris's and Walz's for singular possessive, Harrises' and Walzes' for plural possessive, and Harrises and Walzes for plain old plural. The only exception here is the singular possessive for Harris in AP style, which is Harris' rather than Harris's. (AP uses Walz's for the singular possessive of Walz, though, just as the rest of them do.)
Rebel with a Clause movie poster
Ellen at the Grammar Table on an autumn day
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