Old, but edgy.

Working on Capitol Hill early in her career, Mellen Candage saw the convoluted and often ungrammatical language of government—and saw an opportunity. She launched Grammarians in 1978, offering editing and proofreading services to federal, state, and local government agencies. By 1980, Grammarians was a home-based, virtual business. It was unorthodox at the time, but it signaled the company's easy grasp of new technology—with them to this day. The client base grew by word of mouth to include non-profits, university presses, Fortune 500 companies, trade associations, law firms, and most recently a wide array of international development agencies. Offerings expanded to translation and interpreting services, desktop publishing, design, and publications management in many languages. The worldwide network today numbers more than 200 professionals.