>Nonetheless, most people (especially when the people in question are sixth graders) will be better served in terms of the quality of writing they product by si

>Nonetheless, most people (especially when the people in question are sixth graders) will be better served in terms of the quality of writing they product by simply following the rule rather than spending the time to try to fully understand the nuance behind it. Maybe. I remember being taught the no-and-rule, and I remember some people just started using the word "also" instead. Technically they were following the rule, but since they didn't understand the reasoning behind the rule, they made the same error but in a different way.