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I love it when people are so insecure with the language that they start applying the rules as rigorously as possible. They lack the flair, the creativity, the élan, and simply abide by stodgy, often nonsensical rules.
The purpose of language is to communicate. Some rules are necessary for communication to succeed, but they are not sacred, they are arbitrary. The important thing is to communicate and as long as that happens nothing else is a consideration.
It's also cute when people get uppity about grammar, because I've never met anyone who actually knows every rule of English grammar, let alone someone who can and does follow it.
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