No, what I mean is that the rules are only at best heuristics for mimicking another style of writing. They're not correct or incorrect, except so far as they ar

No, what I mean is that the rules are only at best heuristics for mimicking another style of writing. They're not correct or incorrect, except so far as they are poor representations of some specific culture. To say there are formal rules of language is a bit like saying there's only one culture that is fit to judge the acceptability of your words.