This is interesting, given Pinker's recent work in linguistics, and his "Sense of Style" [0] Pinker makes some persuasive arguments for abandoning to some degr

This is interesting, given Pinker's recent work in linguistics, and his "Sense of Style" [0] Pinker makes some persuasive arguments for abandoning to some degree such rigid interpretation of grammatical rules, where usage has evolved. We would do well to abandon such sniping and focus on the meat of what an author is saying, so long as the meaning they convey is clear. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sense_of_Style https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sense_of_Style