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by rawTruthHurts 1416 days ago
> This made me realize that the rules are arbitrary and what matters is if people can understand what you're saying.

Not that you can learn anything unless it sticks to a certain set of rules.

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An _un_certain set of rules, you mean. Especially as we're on about language. (-: If the set of rules were certain, we might not be having the these discussions; yea, and proscriptive grammarians and tyrants of spelling would us all be.