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Let me just acknowlege that the function of grammar is to make language as efficent and clear and transparent as possible. But if we__e all constantly correcting each other__ grammar and being really snotty about it, then people stop talking because they start to be petrified that they__e going to make some sort of terrible grammatical error and that__ precisely the opposite of what grammar is supposed to do, which is to facilitate clear communication.

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First LawIn every animal which has not passed the limit of its development, a more frequent and continuous use of any organ gradually strengthens, develops and enlarges that organ, and gives it a power proportional to the length of time it has been so used; while the permanent disuse of any organ imperceptibly weakens and deteriorates it, and progressively diminishes its functional capacity, until it finally disappears.Second LawAll the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature on individuals, through the influence of the environment in which their race has long been placed, and hence through the influence of the predominant use or permanent disuse of any organ; all these are preserved by reproduction to the new individuals which arise, provided that the acquired modifications are common to both sexes, or at least to the individuals which produce the young.