Sure, but is there a point to all those boring English classes? I need to speak in a clear way for others to understand me. That may not mean speaking how my E

Sure, but is there a point to all those boring English classes? I need to speak in a clear way for others to understand me. That may not mean speaking how my English teachers in public school expected me to. It's like starting a company. You have an idea, a product, but you have to build custom scaffolding, engineering, human resources. Whatever. There may be some common patterns/idioms one can rely on for guidance, but you'll rarely ever cling to them religiously. Which is, IMO (though backed by academic research as well), where a lot of this pedantry originates. Humans and their long history of forcing our personal notions of right/wrong on each other. It's ideas like this article, and this ensuing discussion that prop up my hope that we'll maybe, possibly, start realizing it's bullshit. Instead of saying "Hey, do it my way." we'll start asking how we can be of use.