I often use grammar that's incorrect. We speak a languge that has rules of grammar--as do all languages--but they are rules that can and do change over time. And rules of grammar aren't really rules in that sense of the word. Grammar is just a way to be able to discuss language and how it works.

I use the word "ain't", but I never did so in the presence of my grandmother because it would have engendered a smack on the noggin and a brief talk, the talk taking barely little more time than the smack.

Our speech habits adapt readily to situations in which we find ourselves (our speech habits adapt readily to situations we find ourselves in), and IMO that's how it should be, And even if it isn't how it should be, that's the way it is.

I will not spend time trying to unsplit an infinitive because I don't think it heralds the Fall of Western Civilization as We Know It, but if it takes a trice, then I will keep the .


"This would ease our existential stress a little and allow us to generously donate to worthy charities around the world."

The above from LH is an example. The split infinitive is utilitarian in that sentence. It certainly sounds better than 'This would ease our existential stress a little and allow us generously to donate to worthy charities around the world' or 'This would ease our existential stress a little and allow us to donate generously to worthy charities around the world.' And I do know that if he'd thought anyone would be asshole enough to pick on that he'd have written it another way in his post, because he is aware of the 'grammar rules' that matter worth a damn on those that just posture for pedantics.